Vine mesquite (Hopia obtusa)

Vine mesquite, a reference photo — Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM · CC0 (licence)

Hopia obtusa is a species of grass commonly known as vine mesquite. This plant was treated as Panicum obtusum until recently when more molecular and genetic material revealed new information about it. Hopia obtusa is now placed in the monotypic genus Hopia.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Vine mesquite being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Setaria reverchonii
Setaria geminata

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Hopia
Species: Hopia obtusa

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