Pennisetum glaucum ‘Jester’ (Ornamental millet)

Plants: Plants are 2–4′ (60–121 cm) tall, and 1–2′ (30–60 cm) around.

Leaves: Broad leaves that are green tinged with deep maroon in summer and bronze-colored in the fall.

Flowers: Panicles of pink or red flowers 6–10″ (15–25 cm) long. They appear from July to October.

Fruits: Large millet heads that look a bit like small purple-black corncobs. The millet is prized by birds.

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
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