1b. Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. hippolyti (V. Krecz.) Kukkonen, Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 98 B Suppl. 89. 1996; Kukkonen in Rech.f., l.c. 25.
Scirpus hippolyti V. Krecz., Not. Syst. Herb. Inst. Bot. Acad. Sci. URSS, 7: 28. 1937. Schoenoplectus hippolyti (V. Krecz.) V. Krecz. ex Grossheim, Fl. Kavkaza, 2: 16. 1940; Schoenoplectus grossheimii Pobedimova, Bot. Mat. (Leningrad) 12: 17. 1950; - Ovcz., Fl. Tadjik. SSR 2: tab. 9, figs. 4-6. 1963.
Stem 3-10 mm diam., finely papillose, glaucous green. Sheaths glaucous green, sometimes reddish. Inflorescence up to 90 mm, spikes 2-5 together, some solitary; glumes 2.8-4.3 mm, midnerve area often reddish, barbed, sides smooth, obscurely nerved, often with reddish brown dots (seldom some barbs). Stigmas 2 (-3).
Fl. Per.: (May -) August - September.
Type: Kazakhstan, "plana montana Ustj-Urt occidentalis, in rivulo infra fontem Tamtschaly partis inferioris valleculae salsugineae Merety". 7.9.1926. F.N. Rusanov (LE).
In lakes and streams along shore-line, in ditches, channels and wet meadows; Distribution: Caucasus, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Kirghizstan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Afghanistan to Kashmir.
