Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Panicum obtusum H.B.K.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Panicum capillare L. var. sylvaticum Torr., Panicum capillare var. minimum [Engelm. ex Gatt.], Panicum lithophilum Swallen, Panicum minimum Scrib. & Merr., Panicum minus Nash, Panicum philadelphicum Bernh. ex Trin. var. tuckermanii (Fern.) Steyermark & Schmoll, Panicum tuckermanii Fern.

Common names:

Blunt panic grass [Blunt panic-grass] (1913-1938) (5, 99, 119)

Grape-vine grass [Grape vine grass, Grapevine-grass] (1913-1938) (5, 119)

Grape-vine mesquite (1852-1896) (151, 163)

Obtuse-flower panicum [Obtuse-flowered panicum] (1884) (87)

Range grass (1913) (5)

Vine mesquite [Vine-mesquite] (1911-Present) (3, 5, 50, 119, 140, 155)

Vine mesquite grass [Vine mesquite-grass] (1901-1937) (94, 122, 152)

Wire grass (1913) (5)