Sorghum bicolor ssp. drummondii
A cultivated plant used either as a food grain or in the production of a molasses-like syrup. It occasionally escapes from cultivation and persists along irrigation ditches and the like.
An inflorescence on the west side of the New Mexico State University campus in Las Cruces, 7/2/06.
Closer view of spikelets on the NMSU campus, 7/2/06.