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(First upload on January 13 2013. Last on December 19 2018) [ 日本語 | English ]

Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Sorghum Moench (モロコシ)
Seibanmorokoshi (セイバンモロコシ, 西蕃蜀黍), Johnson grass
Lifeform: rhizomatous, perennial grass with 50-200 cm in height
Distribution: Europe and Middle East faced to Mediterranean, exotic to Japan
Habitat: disturbed grasslands
Synonyms

Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. var. propinquum (Kunth) Ohwi
Sorghum propinquum (Kunth) Hitchc., sometimes used

f. muticum (Hack.) C. E. Hubb. (ヒメモロコシ), without arista
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Sorghum halepense in Japan


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[1-3] near a grassland of Miscnathus sinensis (ススキ) at Showa Memorial Park, Tachikawa, Tokyo, on November 11 2013.

f. muticum (Hack.) C. E. Hubb. (ヒメモロコシ)

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[1-3] near a grassland of Miscnathus sinensis (ススキ) at Showa Memorial Park, Tachikawa, Tokyo, on November 17 2018.

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