NameThatPlant.net: Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor FAMILY Poaceae NEW! Click to go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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Learn more about Sorghum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Sorghum bicolor var. bicolor

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-88-002:
Sorghum vulgare FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sorghum vulgare var. vulgare

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Sorgum vulgare

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Holcus sorghum

COMMON NAME:
Sorghum, Milo, Broomcorn, Sorgo

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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_s_bicolor_bicolor

August Catawba County NC

Used for forage, its sweet juice, brooms, etc. Leaf blades to 5cm wide, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Sorghum bicolor var. bicolor

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-88-002:
Sorghum vulgare FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sorghum vulgare var. vulgare

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Sorgum vulgare

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Holcus sorghum

1446

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Non-native

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in cultivation, rare as an escape

Habitat: Cultivated, rarely persistent; common in cultivation, rare as an escape, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Fall

FRUIT:
Fall
Grain

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