Carex exsiccata

Carex exsiccata, the western inflated sedge or beaked sedge (a name it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to British Columbia, Washington state, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, and California.^[1][2] Native peoples used its roots to make a black dye.^[3]

Carex exsiccata
On Vancouver Island
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. exsiccata
Binomial name
Carex exsiccata L.H.Bailey
Synonyms[1]
Carex vesicaria var. major Boott