Johnsongrass

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Photo by Richard Old | www.xidservices.com

Johnsongrass

Sorghum halepense

Weed Characteristics

Other Names: Johnson grass, aleppo milletgrass, herbe de Cuba, sorgho d'Alep, sorgo de alepo, zacate Johnson, Egyptian millet, grass sorghum, aleppo grass, means-grass

Leaf Type: Grassy

Flowers: Loose panicle

Leaves: Linear leaves with smooth edges; no hair

Life Cycle: Perennial

A clumping grass with thick, vigorous, creeping rhizomes. Can rapidly develop large colonies. Leaf blades are smooth and display a prominent white mid-rib. Seedhead is large and open, often with a purple cast. Grows to 6 ft.