Carex globosa

Round-fruited sedge

Family: Cyperaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Round-fruited sedge is a California native perennial found in northern coastal, central western, and southwestern bioregions in well-drained wooded areas and forest edges at elevations up to 1,800 meters. Its flowering characteristics are not specified in the source data, so no bloom details can be provided. Growing with loosely clustered stems 15 to 47 centimeters tall, this sedge develops green leaf blades 1 to 5 millimeters wide with basal sheaths ranging from brown to reddish. Its leaves are distinctive, with green coloration and potential papillate veins on the underside when viewed at high magnification. The fruit is white, approximately 1.9 to 2.5 millimeters long, with a strongly veined perigynia that is obovoid in shape.

Habitat: Well-drained soil of wooded areas, edges

Elevation: < 1800 m

Bioregions: NCo, NCoRO, CW, SW.

California counties: Mendocino, Humboldt, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Diego, Sonoma, Los Angeles, Alameda, Marin, Monterey, San Benito, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Riverside, Santa Clara, Napa, Lake, Contra Costa, Siskiyou, Del Norte, San Mateo, Orange, Nevada, Butte, Placer, Tehama

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.