Status: Native
Synonyms:
Panicum obtusum Kunth
Hopia obtusa is most notable for the extraordinarily long stolons developed. They can
be as long as 72 inches. The glumes are equal in length. This grass can be found covering large areas of the roadside or in low areas.
Hopia obtusa is one of the grasses known as the Paniceae tribe. There is only one fertile floret, but another floret is considered to be present but sterile and is represented by a lemma that is similar to the second glume in appearance.
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Hopia obtusa, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, July 14, 2007
Hopia obtusa, detail of spikelet, photo Russ Kleinman, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, Sept. 26, 2007
Hopia obtusa, long stolon, photo Russ Kleinman, Bear Mtn., Nov. 5, 2007
Hopia obtusa, demonstrating first glume/second glume/sterile lemma/fertile floret spikelet architecture, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Ridge Road at Grant Cty/Silver City Airport, Sept. 9, 2009
Hopia obtusa, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, September 26, 2022
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