Common Foxglove

Common Foxglove

Common Foxglove Digitalis purpurea is a handsome plant that grows on acid soils in Europe. It is the source of the heart drug digitalin. The unbranched flowering stem grows to a height of a metre or more and it is crowded with drooping tube-like flowers that are pinkish-purple or more rarely white. Each flower has two lobes with the lower lip slightly longer than the upper and there are four stamens. [CH] {FB}