About purple foxglove
Digitalis purpurea, the foxglove or common foxglove, is a toxic species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae, native to and widespread throughout most of temperate Europe. It has also naturalized in parts of North America, as well as some other temperate regions. The plant is a popular garden subject, with many cultivars available. It is the original source of the heart medicine digoxin (also called digitalis or digitalin). This biennial plant grows as a rosette of leaves in the first year after sowing, before flowering and then dying in the second year (i.e., it is monocarpic). It generally produces enough seeds so that new plants will continue to grow in a garden setting.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Digitalis purpurea
- Genus
- Digitalis
- Family
- PLANTAGINACEAE
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Plantaginaceae
Plantain family
purple foxglove belongs to the Plantaginaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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