Scientific Name:  Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. Common Name:  Johnsongrass
Local Names:   Common Family Name:  Grass
Life Cycle:  Perennial >> Creeping Type of Ligule:  Membraneous
Growth Stage:  Flowering Environment:  Water Ways, Sorghum Field, Roadsides, Peanut Field, Gardens, CRP, Cotton Field, Corn Field, Commercial Vegetables
Other:  Mature seed heads are large open panicles bearing many awn tipped, shiny, reddish to purple spikelets. Seed are dark reddish brown. Upper Leaf Surface:  No Hairs
Lower Leaf Surface:  No Hairs Collar Region:  No Hairs
Leaf Margins:  No Hairs Blade Width:  Normal
Prominent Midrib:  Yes Color Green:  Normal
Leaf Sheath:  Few Hairs