PlantHere

Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Oval-leaf Sedge

Carex cephalophora
native · Central Texas

Oval-leaf Sedge is a grass native to Central Texas that grows 2.5 ft tall. Blooms green in late spring.

Will it grow in your yard?

Enter your ZIP. The finder checks Oval-leaf Sedge against your microclimate, then ranks it against your sun, your watering and deer pressure.

The facts

3 sources
Type
Grass
Height
About 2.5 ft
Bloom
Late Spring · green
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter

Where it grows

10 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.

also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.