Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
Hgt 50 - 150cm Flowers June to September
Flowers are pinkish-purple forming a tube, being spotted inside. Source of
the drug digitoxin, which is used to slow the heartbeat. The whole plant is
Poisonous. Once used in herbal remedies! Habitat wood clearings, heaths and
banks.
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