Common Name: Johnson grass, meansgrassScientific Name: Sorghum halepense (L.) Per.Family Name: Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and thick, fleshy whitish rhizomes with red or purple Culmsupright, tall, swollen nodes, pink to red at base, forming dense clumps or solid stands Leavesblades smooth above and below, prominent white midrib white above and below, midrib breaks when folded, margins rough; rolled in bud; auricles absent; ligule membranous with short hair on top; sheaths smooth, round or slightly flattened, split and overlap Seedheadsterminal panicle, large, open, well-branched, often reddish or purple