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Hendrik Goltzius, A Foxglove in Bloom, 1592, National Gallery of Art, NGA 94900 The generic epithet Digitalis is from the Latin digitus (finger). [8] Leonhart Fuchs first invented the name for this plant in his 1542 book De historia stirpium commentarii insignes (Notable comments on the history of plants), based upon the German vernacular name Fingerhut, [9] [10] which translates literally as ...
Digitalis purpurea, the foxglove or common foxglove, is a toxic species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae, [2] native to and widespread throughout most of temperate Europe. [3] 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 ...
Penstemon digitalis (known by the common names foxglove beard-tongue, [3] foxglove beardtongue, talus slope penstemon, [4] and white beardtongue [5]) is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae. The flowers are white and are borne in summer.
Digitalis isabelliana is a broadleaf evergreen perennial shrub, growing up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) in height, with a much-branched woody base. The leaves are broadly ovate, dark green, glabrous, and with a serrated margin. The flowers are russet, orange or terracotta in colour, with long, beak-shaped hoods, and grow in long spikes. [4] [5]
Dasymalla axillaris, commonly known as native foxglove or woolly foxglove, is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia.It is a small, diffuse shrub with its branches, leaves and some of its flower parts densely covered with white, woolly hairs.
Digitalis lanata, vernacularly often called woolly foxglove [3] or Grecian foxglove, [4] is a species of foxglove, a flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. It gets its name due to the woolly indumentum of the leaves. D. lanata, like other foxglove species, is toxic in all parts of the plant. Symptoms of digitalis poisoning ...
Digitalis minor is a species of flowering plant in family Plantaginaceae, which has been called dwarf Spanish foxglove. [16] It is a biennial or short-lived perennial species of foxglove which is endemic to the Balearic islands with large, pendulous, pink or purple flowers.
Digitalis sceptrum (previously known as isoplexis sceptrum) is a tender evergreen shrub in the foxglove family, growing up to 1.8m. high. Leaves are toothed and oblong or ovate in shape; flowers consist of racemes of yellow, orange or tawny russet, often netted with chocolate-brown, appearing in summer. [3]