*Sorghum bicolor (Linnaeus) Moench ssp. drummondii (Steudel) de Wet ex Davidse. Common name: Shattercane. Phenology: Oct. Habitat: Cultivated, rarely persistent; common in cultivation, rare as an escape. Distribution: Native of Africa.
Origin/Endemic status: Subsaharan Africa
Other Comments: This is the taller variety with open inflorescences, usually sporadically present in sorghum fields.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Mo1, NcTx, NE, WH3; = Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench — K4; = Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. ×drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet — ETx1, FlGr, FNA25, Pa; = Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Mohlenbr. — C, Il; = Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf — Mi; = Sorghum vulgare Pers. var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Hack. ex Chiov. — HC; < Holcus sorghum L. — S; < Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench — Tn, Tx; < Sorghum vulgare Pers. — RAB; < Sorgum vulgare Pers. — F, orthographic variant; Andropogon drummondii Steudel. Basionym: Andropogon drummondii Steud. 1855 [1854]
Links to other floras: = Sorghum bicolor ssp. ×drummondii - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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