Phacelia divaricata is a species of phacelia known by the common name divaricate phacelia. The branches divaricate, growing in many directions. The branches of this shrub are woody and rigid, divaricate, and sometimes spinescent. This species is divaricate with discontinuous contours. The divaricate, spreading and prickly shrub typically grows to a height of . The dioecious divaricate shrub typically grows to a height of . The awns can become divaricate when mature. Divaricate means branching, or separation, or a degree of separation. Where the connective separates the anther lobes, it is called divaricate, e.g. "Tilia", "Justicia gendarussa".