Common name: Columbus Grass
Sorghum bicolor subsp. almum Parodi APNI* 
Description: Perennial tufted grass with strong rhizomes.
Inflorescences with racemes disarticulating readily at maturity.
Distribution and occurrence: Cultivated in some States and overseas as a forage plant.
NSW subdivisions:
Other Australian states: N.S.W.
A derivative of introgression of Sorghum bicolor subsp. bicolor with Sorghum halepense, very difficult to distinguish from the latter species because of the presence of rhizomes in both.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & K. L. McClay
Taxon concept:
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