Skip to content

Digitalis purpurea

Plants

Family: Plantaginaceae · Genus: Digitalis

Digitalis purpurea

H. Zell · cc_by_sa

About

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. This biennial plant grows as a rosette of leaves in the first year after sowing, before flowering and then dying in the second year. It generally produces enough seeds so that new plants will continue to grow in a garden setting.

Summary from Wikipedia

View full profile

Growing details and traits for Digitalis purpurea in the Library.

No cultivars in the Library yet — the full profile above covers the species itself.