Description ⁴

One of the more common species in the state, occurring in a variety of dry habitats, usually on rocky soil. It is often smaller than most others in the group, and is known for the orbicular spikelets for which it is named. The sheaths are glabrous, and the leaves are thick, erect, and with prominent marginal cilia towards the base.

Spikelets: 1.4-1.8 mm, broadly obovoid-spherical, usually puberulent, sometimes glabrous.

From FNA

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