Great millet
ಗಲಗುகருப்பன் புல்बोरू
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.4 m
- wide
- —
Poaceae
Also called Johnson grass, Johnsongrass
Formerly Andropogon crupina, Andropogon decolorans, Andropogon dubitatus, Andropogon halepensis, and 12 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or rhizomatous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Macaronesia to C. Asia and Indo-ChinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 76 cm to 2.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- BrownRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -23.3 °C (USDA zone 6a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (10)
- Chinese
- 假高粱, 石茅, 詹森草
- German
- Wilde Mohrenhirse, Aleppo-Mohrenhirse
- Czech
- čirok halabský
- Finnish
- jonsonindurra
- French
- sorgho d'alep
- Dutch
- wilde sorgo, Wilde sorgo
- Simplified Chinese
- 亚刺伯高粱, 琼生草, 石茅
- Tamil
- கருப்பன் புல்
- Kannada
- ಗಲಗು
- Marathi
- बोरू
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Sorghum halepense (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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