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

 115. Vine Mesquite- grass. — Stoloniferous 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. 



