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Phippsia algida
Also called Ice Grass, Frigid Phippsia
Icegrass is a small, tufted perennial grass of cold northern and high-elevation habitats, reaching about 15 cm. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, and it tolerates a wide range of soils but needs cold conditions.
Phippsia algida, the ice grass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is native to the high arctic, and higher elevations in the Rockies. A perennial reaching 15 cm (6 in), it can tolerate a wide range of soils, from highly saline or alkaline, to acidic peat bogs, and can be found from tidal mudflats, to tundra, to mountaintops. It has been assessed as Least Concern.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
