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Pennisetum glaucum ‘Purple Baron’
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 | ‘Purple Baron’ | |
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Pennisetum glaucum ‘Purple Baron’ description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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9/7/2010 · Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, Massachusetts · ≈ 1 × 2′ (41 × 62 cm) 
9/7/2010 · Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, Massachusetts · ≈ 1 × 1½′ (34 × 52 cm)
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