Carex bella
Carex bella is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of the United States and Mexico, including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota in the United States, and Nuevo Leon in Mexico. It's common names are the Showy sedge, and the Southwestern Showy sedge. Description 
It is a cespitose plant. The culms are between 25 to 55 centimeters long and are proximally scabrous. The leaves are between 3 to 6 millimeters wide. The inflorescences spikes are separate, pendent, and elongated. The 2 to 3 lateral spikes are either gynecandrous or, rarely, pistillate. The pistillate scales are light or dark brown in color. The smooth perigynia is either pale green or pale yellow in color. The achenes can nearly fill the perigynia. The fruiting time is between the months of June to August. 2n = 40. See also
List of Carex species

References

bella
Taxa named by Liberty Hyde Bailey
Plants described in 1892
Flora of Mexico
Flora of California
Flora of Arizona
Flora of New Mexico
Flora of Colorado
Flora of South Dakota
Flora of Wyoming
Flora of Utah

Flora of Nuevo León