Published In:
Flora Erevan: Opredelitel' Dikorastushchikh Rastenii Araratskoi kotloviny 339. 1972. ( Fl. Erevan, ed. 2) 
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(Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
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Synonym Text:
C. stenophylloides V. Krecz. in Fedtsch. & M. Pop., Fl. Turkmen. 1: 230, fig. 93. 1932; C. stenophylla Wahlenb. var. pellucida Litw. in Trav. Mus. Bot. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petersb. 7: 84. 1909; C. duriuscula C.A. Mey. var. interrupta Litw., l.c. 7: 85. 1909; V. Krecz. in Kom., Fl. URSS 3: tabl. 10, 2. 1935; Ovczinnikov, Fl. Tadjik. SSR 2: tabl. 10, fig. 3. 1963.
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: March - July.
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Type:
Type: "Kazakhstan", Dzungarskiy Alatau, okrestnosti Kopala, 22.6.1909. B. Lipsky 2658 (LE!).
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Habitat:
Mountain meadows, moist, often somewhat saline meadows; 450-3300 m.
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Distribution:
Distribution: From Caucasus and Iran to Pakistan, Kashmir and Mongolia.
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
The type is indicated by Kreczetovicz in Kom., Fl. URSS 3: 142. 1935 and definitely cited by Egorova, Osoki SSSR, Vidy Podroda Vignea: 129. 1966.
Subsp. stenophylloides, although morphologically rather easily distinguished from C. pachystylis Gay and occurring N and NE from its area, is still quite variable, e.g. in morphology of utricles and fruits (comp. also illustrations in Fl. Turkmenii and Fl. Tadjik. SSR). In addition, some specimens in eastern Afghanistan, Karakorum, Kashmir and NW Himalayas with heavy spikes and curved stems, have occasionally been wrongly named as C. incurva auct. or C. maritima auct. (C.B.Clarke 1898, R.R.Stewart 1972). Sometimes they may be misnamed C. pseudofoetida, cf. Egorova, Cyperaceae, in A. I. Vvedensky (ed.) in Conspectus Florae Asiae Mediae 5. 1976; Dickoré (1995). These specimens are tentatively treated here under C. stenophylla subsp. stenophylloides. However, the recently described C. sagaensis Y. C. Yang, Fl. Xizang. 5: 439. 1987 may be the correct name for this taxon (Dickoré 62, 1995).
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Map Location:
A-7 Yasin, Naz Bar, 3360 m, Miehe 3017 (H); 3050 m, Miehe 3671 (H); Chitral: Kuragh, Chitral - Mastuj track, 9000 ft, Stainton 2518 (RAW); 2519 (RAW); A-8 Gilgit: Naltar Valley, 9000-10000 ft, Duthie 12435 (E); Headwaters of Hunza River, near Khunjerab pass, 3600 m, Bosshard, Klötzli & Schaffner 108.17 (H); Khunjerab Pass, 4650 m, Miehe 2379 (H); 4460 m, Miehe 2502 (H); 4150-4350 m, Miehe 2519; 4150-4350 m, Miehe 2533 (H); B-6 Khyber: Khyber Pass, Kerstan 2142; B-7 Upper Braldu tributary, above Chikar, 4220 m, Miehe 6211; B-8 Kashmir: Baltistan, Biafo base camp. 3100 m, Hartmann 262 (RAW); B-8/9 Deosai Plateau, 3820 m, Miehe 2227 (H); B-9 Karambar, 12000 ft, Ali s.n. (RAW); Shingo Valley, near Gulteri, 11000 ft, Stewart 2224 (RAW); C-6 Kurram: Kurram Valley, 7000-10000 ft, Aitchison 92; 194; 493; above Panachinar, 6500 ft, Stewart 29003 (RAW); D-4 Quetta: 20 km W Quetta, Rechinger 29091 (W); Ziarat, 2100 m, Rechinger 29368 (W); Lamond 1212; Foot of Mt. Chiltan between Dulai and Kanak, 1600 m, Rechinger 29112 (W); F-3 Makran: Panjgur, in irrigated fields, 1000 m, Rechinger 28180 p.p. (W).
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More compactly tufted than subsp. stenophylla, to 30 cm; leaf blades often bluish green; inflorescence 10-20 x 5 mm, mostly elongate ellipsoid, lowest bract usually as long as its spike; utricles to 5 mm, stipe to 0.7 mm.
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