Common Name:
Johnson grass
Common Name Synonym:
meansgrass
Scientific Name:
Sorghum halepense
Family Name:
Poaceae (Graminae)
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Grass Family
Life Cycle
introduced perennial, reproducing by seed and thick, fleshy whitish rhizomes with red or purple
Culms
upright, tall, swollen nodes, pink to red at base, forming dense clumps or solid stands
Leaves
blades smooth above and below, prominent white midrib white above and below, midrib breaks when folded, margins rough; rolled in bud; auricles absent; ligule membranous with short hair on top; sheaths smooth, round or slightly flattened, split and overlap
Seedheads
terminal panicle, large, open, well-branched, often reddish or purple
