Sorghum bicolor subsp. ×drummondii

(Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse
Common names: Chicken corn Sudangrass
Synonyms: Sorghum vulgare var. sudanense Sorghum vulgare var. drummondii Sorghum sudanense Sorghum drummondii Sorghum bicolor var. drummondii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 630.

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.

Discussion

The hybrids treated here as Sorgum 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).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Mary E. Barkworth +
(Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse +
Chicken corn +  and Sudangrass +
Conn. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Wash. +, D.C. +, Wis. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Fla. +, Wyo. +, Puerto Rico +, N.Mex. +, Mass. +, R.I. +, La. +, Mich. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, S.Dak. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Pa. +, Calif. +, Miss. +, Va. +, Colo. +, Md. +, Virgin Islands +, Ala. +, N.H. +, Ark. +, Vt. +, Ill. +, Ga. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Okla. +, Ariz. +, Idaho +, Maine +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Tex. +, Ohio +, Utah +, Mo. +, Minn. +, Kans. +, Ky. +  and S.C. +
Sorghum vulgare var. sudanense +, Sorghum vulgare var. drummondii +, Sorghum sudanense +, Sorghum drummondii +  and Sorghum bicolor var. drummondii +
Sorghum bicolor subsp. ×drummondii +
Sorghum bicolor +
subspecies +