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’
About plant names...
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 24-36" (60-91 cm) tall, and 12-24" (30-60 cm) around.
Online References:
Learn2Grow
Pennisetum glaucum ‘Jester’ description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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9/7/2010 · Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, Massachusetts
9/7/2010 · Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, Massachusetts
Range: Zones 8-11:
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