Phippsia algida, (Solander) R. Br.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 170

1. P. algida (Solander) R. Br. in Parry, Jour. Voy. N. IV. Pass., Suppl. App. 284 (1824).

Caespitose. Stems 2-5-8 cm, usually scarcely exceeding the leaves, often procumbent. Leaves 1-2 mm wide, rounded at apex; ligule 1 -2-1-6 mm, triangular. Panicle 1-2 cm X 3-5 mm, dense; branches smooth. Glumes 0-3-0-6 mm, the lower smaller, usually caducous, the upper sometimes so. Lemma 1 -3-1-6(—1 -8) mm, broadly ovate, glabrous or somewhat hairy in the lower half, especially on the veins, often violet, with a wide, purplish-brown, hyaline margin and apex. Palea almost equalling lemma, glabrous or spinulose on the keels. Stamens (1—)2; anthers O-3-O- 5 mm. Grain dark brown, equalling the palea, widest at or just above the middle. 2« = 28. Damp, open habitats; nitrophilous. Arctic Europe, Iceland and mountains of Fennoscandia. Fe Is No Rs (N) SbSu.