Poaceae
Snow grass
Phippsia concinna
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phippsia
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Snow grass
- Finnish
- Dovrenhilpi
- Swedish
- Dovresnögräs
Synonyms
- Catabrosa concinna Th.Fr.
- Catabrosa concinna subsp. algidiformis Harry Sm.
- Phippsia algida subsp. algidiformis (Harry Sm.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia algida subsp. concinna (Th.Fr.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia algida subsp. concinna (Th.Fries) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia algida var. algidiformis (Harry Sm.) B.Boivin
- Phippsia algidiformis (Harry Sm.) Tzvelev
- Phippsia concinna var. algidiformis (Sm.) Holmb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native
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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.