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Common name: White Flowered Foxglove
Botanical name: Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora Family: Scrophulariaceae (Dog flower family)
Foxglove is a bienneial plant with soft, hairy, toothed, ovate and
lance-shaped leaves in a basal rosette. This is an absolutely stunning
natural form of Digitalis purpurea - Common Foxglove, often sold in
nurseries as Digitalis purpurea 'Alba'.
Has pure white, tubular flowers which may have just a faint, pale cream
spotting inside. The earliest known name for this plant is the Anglo-Saxon
"foxes glofa" (the glove of the fox) It derives its name from the flowers
which resemble the fingers of a glove and possibly from a northern legend
that bad fairies gave the blossoms to the fox to put on his toes, so that
he might soften his tread while he hunted for prey. The heart medication,
digitalis, was originally derived from this plant. It is now synthetically
made. Today, foxglove is used mainly in landscaping.
| Photographed in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. |
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