Foxglove
(Scientific Name: Digitalis
purpurea)
[Common Name(s): Foxglove]
Description:
A tall erect plant with a stout stem and alternate leaves. Nodding
flowers are white, purple, or rose-colored and form a conspicuous,
long cluster with the lower flowers opening first. Very showy.
Habitat:
Imported from Europe as a medicinal plant, it is now common in
burns, logged areas and along roadsides. Common in the Pacific
Northwest. Blooms in July.
POISONOUS: (flowers, leaves, seeds) Digitalis
has long been used medicinally to treat various kinds of heart
ailments. However, the dosage is very important, and a little too
much ceases to be beneficial and is very poisonous. Don't
experiment; death can occur very rapidly.
