Common Foxglove is a toxic species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae, native to and widespread across most of temperate Europe and naturalized in parts of North America and other temperate regions. It is a popular garden plant with many cultivars and the original source of the heart medicine digoxin; it is biennial, growing as a rosette of leaves in its first year before flowering and dying in its second, generally self-seeding enough to persist in a garden setting.
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DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleInvasive or Introduced Species 1 Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Digitalis purpurea
In Biome
Source Plants For A Future: Digitalis purpurea
Source Plants For A Future: Digitalis purpurea
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1. Digitalis purpurea (Wikipedia)
- IUCN status field, species infobox
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It has also naturalized in parts of North America, as well as some other temperate regions.
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Digitalis purpurea
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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.
system statement
Digitalis purpurea grows in acidic soils, in partial sunlight to deep shade, in a range of habitats, including open woods, woodland clearings, moorland and heath margins, sea-cliffs, rocky mountain slopes and hedge banks.
View the Source2. Common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) (Wikipedia)
Plant (Wikipedia)
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They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Digitalis purpurea
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyChild Taxon Of: Plantaginaceae, Taxon recordQuote, Child Taxon Of: Plantaginaceae, Taxon record
"family": "Plantaginaceae"
Plants For A Future: Digitalis purpurea
Plants For A FutureIn Biome: Temperate Forest, Habitats
Acid soils in woods, heaths, mountain grasslands etc
In Biome: Montane Grasslands and Shrublands, Habitats
Acid soils in woods, heaths, mountain grasslands etc
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