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Fig. 45. Panicum obtusum HBK. ; Beal, Grasses N. Am.. 2 : 

 115. Vine Mesquitk- grass. — Stolouiferous perennial, the runners 

 often 24 to 30 dm. long; the upright flowering branches 3 to 6 dm. 

 high. Panicle of three to five erect racemes, bearing rather large 

 obtuse spikelets.— Irrigated lands, low valleys, chiefly in the shade 

 of trees and shrubs, Kansas and Colorado to Texas, New Mexico, 

 Arizona, and southward. June-September. 



