Ice Grass

Phippsia algida (Phipps) R. Br. Chlor. Melv. 27. 1823
Agrostis aliiiilii Phipps, Voy. 200. 1774.
Trichodium algidum R. & S. Syst. Veg. 2: 283. 1817. (Based on Agrostis algida Wahl. 1 1 lits;umas
A. algida Phipps].) Colpodiitm monandrum Trin. None Entdeck. 2: 37. 1821. (Based on Agrostis algida Phipps.) Vilfa algida Trin. Cram. I'nill. 159. 1824. (Based on Agrostis algida Phipps.) Vilfa monandr a Trin. Gram. LTnifl. 159. 1824. (Type from "Sin. Laurentii" [probably St. Lawrence
Island, Alaska], Chamisso.)
Culms densely tufted, glabrous, 2-10 cm. tall; sheaths loose, thin, glabrous; ligule thin, whitish, 1-2 mm. long; blades numerous, flat, lax, abruptly contracted at apex, 1-2 mm. wide; panicles narrow, 1-2 cm. long, the branches short, appressed, glabrous; spikelets 1.5-2 mm. long.