Phippsia algida(Sol.) R.Br.

Ice Grassicegrass

WFO wfo-0000889878 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Phippsia algida, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. a Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-07-23 / obs. 157806324
Phippsia algida, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. b Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107793465
Phippsia algida, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. c Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44158751
Phippsia algida, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. d Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157806316
Phippsia algida, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. e Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107793469
Phippsia algida, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. f Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157806326
Phippsia algida, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. g Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107793472
Phippsia algida, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. h Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157806330

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Phippsia algida is native: Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, West Siberia, Yakutiya, India, Finland, Iceland, North European Russia, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden, Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Greenland, Labrador, Montana, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Wyoming, Yukon KamchatkaKhabarovskKrasnoyarskMagadanWest SiberiaYakutiyaIndiaFinlandIcelandNorth European RussiaNorwaySvalbardSwedenAlaskaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaColoradoGreenlandLabradorMontanaNorthwest TerritoriesNunavutOntarioQuébecWyomingYukon
Native distribution of Phippsia algida, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
British Columbia BRC
Colorado COL
Greenland GNL
Labrador LAB
Montana MNT
Northwest Territories NWT
Nunavut NUN
Ontario ONT
Québec QUE
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK
Kamchatka KAM ASIA-TEMPERATE
Khabarovsk KHA
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Magadan MAG
West Siberia WSB
Yakutiya YAK
Finland FIN EUROPE
Iceland ICE
North European Russia RUN
Norway NOR
Svalbard SVA
Sweden SWE
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • 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.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.