Pennisetum glaucum ‘Jester’ (Ornamental millet)

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Pennisetum glaucum ‘Jester’

Ornamental millet

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Liliopsida	Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass	Commelinidae	Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order	Cyperales	Flowering plants including grasses
Family	Poaceae	Grasses (but not sedges or rushes)
Genus	Pennisetum	From Latin penna, “feather,” and seta, “a bristle,”: feather-bristled
Species	glaucum	“Having ‘bloom,’ a fine, whitish powder that coats the leaves of some plants”
Cultivar	‘Jester’

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This ornamental grass cultivar is not found in the wild.

Identification: With broad leaves that are green in summer and bronze-colored in the fall, and large millet heads that look a bit like small purple-black corncobs, these plants are hard to confuse with others. The millet is prized by birds. Plants are 2-3′ (60-91 cm) tall, and 1-2′ (30-60 cm) around.

Online References:

Learn2Grow

Pennisetum glaucum ‘Jester’ description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

9/7/2010 · Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 14″ (23 × 35 cm)

9/7/2010 · Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, Massachusetts · ≈ 12 × 17″ (29 × 44 cm)

Range: Zones 8-11:

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