Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor
FAMILY
Poaceae
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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 north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
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
INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Sorgum vulgare
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sorghum vulgare var. 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 (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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 north of Mexico, vol. 25
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
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Sorgum vulgare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sorghum vulgare var. vulgare
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Holcus sorghum
1446
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Cultivated, rarely persistent; common in cultivation, rare as a waify escape, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native
Common in cultivation, rare as an escape
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Fall
FRUIT:
Fall
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p773
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p402
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