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Rosy sedge (Carex rosea) is a native perennial sedge that typically grows 8-12" tall but individual culms may get as long as three feet. Culms are three sided ("three square"), 1.6-2.2 mm wide basally, tapering to 0.5-0.9 mm distally; the upper parts of the culm are rough textured. Spikes are stalkless and occur in a cluster at the tip of the culm up to 2.75" long. The cluster is composed of 4-8 small spikelets, crowded at the tip of the spike but well separated lower in the spike. Individual spikes consist of staminate (male) florets at the tip and pistillate (female) florets at the base, the individual florets radiating in all directions from the center of the spike. At the base of each spike is a bristle-like bract; the lowest bract in the cluster may be more leaf-like and may overtop the terminal spike. The staminate florets have anthers 0.8-1.3 mm long. The pistillate spikes produce fruit in late spring or early summer that consists of clusters of seeds (achenes) 1.6-2.2mm long and 1.1-1.6 mm wide. The pistillate scales are 1.3-2.75 mm long. The perigynia are 2.6-4 mm long and 1.1-1.8 mm wide, green to yellowish brown at maturity, lance-shaped in outline and flattened on the back; they taper to a short beak with minute teeth along the edges and two larger teeth at the tip. The styles often persist in the fruit with the two twisted stigmas protruding. Each cluster of seeds is wrapped in a casing (perigynium) and subtended by an egg-shaped to nearly round pistillate scale, translucent white with a green midrib, blunt or pointed at the tip but lacking an awn. You're unlikely to confuse rosy sedge with any of the other local sedges except the star sedge (Carex radiata) which also has culms that are triangular in section and, late in the development of the inflorescence, also has a "starburst" pattern of spikelets radiating in all directions. Star sedge has narrower (<2 mm) leaves than rosy sedge (3 mm) and star sedge has straight styles while rosy sedge has styles that curl through three turns; the styles in both species are red (assuming the styles are in their prime when you see them). Compare photos of the two species before deciding on an identification.

Carex

Carex rosea

rosy sedge [Blooms: May-Jun]