EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: SORHA
• Preferred name: Sorghum halepense
• Authority: (Linnaeus) Persoon

Southern and eastern Mediterranean, Caucasus, Central Asia (Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan and Tadzhikistan), Western Asia (Arabia to Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina. Introduced in western and central Europe, Russian Far East, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), Japan, Korea, Africa (Sénégal, Guinée, Sudan, Zaïre, southern Africa), Madagascar, Canada (Ontario), USA (throughout), Central America, Caribbean, South America (except northern Brazil), New Guinea, New Zealand. Reputedly one of the "world's worst weeds"

WSSA list of weeds in North America