Poaceae
Sorghum
Sorghum propinquum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Sorghum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 拟高粱, 擬高梁, 天山花楸, 拟高梁, 高梁七, 高粱七
- English
- Sorghum
- Thai
- หญ้าพง
Synonyms
- Andropogon affinis J.Presl
- Andropogon halepensis subsp. propinquus (Kunth) Piper
- Andropogon halepensis subsp. siamensis Piper
- Andropogon halepensis var. propinquus (Kunth) Hack.
- Andropogon propinquus Kunth
- Andropogon sorghum var. propinquus (Kunth) Hack.
- Holcus halepensis subsp. propinquus (Kunth) Hitchc.
- Sorghum halepense var. propinquum (Kunth) Ohwi
- Sorghum propinquum var. siamense (Piper) Snowden
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: iNaturalist user: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.