Carex saliniformis

Deceiving sedge, Deceiving Sedge

Family: Cyperaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Deceiving sedge is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in northern coastal and San Francisco Bay bioregions in marshes and pond shores at elevations below 250 meters. Flowering times are not specified in the source data, but it produces inflorescences with lateral spikelets 6 to 15 millimeters long. Growing with rhizomatous roots and stems with blunt upper angles, this sedge develops slender leaves 2 to 5 millimeters wide. Its leaf bracts have distinctive margins, often white or red-brown with stout, ciliate awns less than 2.4 millimeters long. The fruit is small, approximately 1.4 to 1.9 millimeters long, with a dark red-brown or purple tip and sessile, papillate perigynia.

Habitat: Marshes, pond shores, wet openings

Elevation: < 250 m

Bioregions: NCo, SnFrB (extirpated).

California counties: Mendocino, Humboldt, Santa Cruz

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