Poaceae
Ice grass
Phippsia algida
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phippsia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Ice grass, Icegrass, Ice-grass
- Finnish
- Tunturihilpi
Synonyms
- Agrostis algida Sol.
- Catabrosa algida Fr.
- Catabrosa monandra (Trin.) Fries
- Colpodium monandrum Trin.
- Glyceria algida (Sol.) Hartm.
- Phippsia algida f. flavescens Holmb.
- Phippsia algida subsp. algida
- Phippsia foliosa V.N.Vassil.
- Phippsia monandra Hook. & Arn.
- Poa algida (Sol.) Rupr.
- Trichodium algidum (Sol.) Roem. & Schult.
- Vilfa algida (Sol.) Trin.
- Vilfa monandra Trin.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: willhendricks, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Megan Herrmann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.