Sorghum drummondii(Nees ex Steud.) Millsp. & Chase
No occurrences found
Family: Poaceae
Sudangrass
[Andropogon drummondii Nees ex Steud., moreSorghum bicolor subsp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse, Sorghum bicolor var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Mohlenbr., Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf, Sorghum vulgare var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Chiov., Sorghum vulgare var. sudanense (Piper) Hitchc.]
Plants annual. Culms to 4 m, relatively stout.
Rames usually tardily disarticulating, mostly with 3-5 nodes. Sessile
spikelets 5-6 mm, lanceolate to elliptic. Caryopses not exposed at
maturity.
The hybrids treated here as Sorghum bicolor subsp. drummondii
are most common in the Eastern Hemisphere, but a few are cultivated in
the United States. Among these are the plants known as 'chicken corn'
and 'Sudangrass' [= S.
sudanense (Piper) Stapf] (de Wet 1978).