Luzula divaricata

{{short description|Species of flowering plant in the rush family Juncaceae}}

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|genus = Luzula

|species = divaricata

|authority = S.Watson

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Luzula divaricata is a species of flowering plant in the rush family known by the common name forked woodrush.{{Cite web |title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=LUDI |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=www.wildflower.org}} It is native to the California and Nevada in the United States.{{Cite web |title=Luzula divaricata S.Watson {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:146195-2 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}

Luzula divaricata grows in the subalpine and alpine climates of high mountain ranges. It is a perennial herb with a thin, reddish stem reaching about 30 centimeters in maximum height surrounded by many grasslike leaves. The inflorescence is a tangled array of branches tipped with small reddish-brown spikelike flowers.