Digitalis purpurea

Digitalis purpurea L. Engl.: foxglove, purple foxglove, bloody fingers, dead men's bells, digitalis, fairy caps, fairy thimbles, fairy's glove, folk's glove, gloves of our lady, virgin's glove, witches gloves. Deu.: Roter Fingerhut. Suom.: sormustinkukka, rohtosormustinkukka. Sven.: fingerborgsblomma, vanlig fingerborgsblomma.

Glycosides.

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Photo: Digitalis purpurea 7.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 7. Flowerstalk. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-07-01.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 8.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 8. Flower with bumblebee. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-07-01.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 9.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 9. Flowerstalk. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-07-01.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 6.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 6. White flower. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2002-06-25.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 4.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 4. Flowers, white form. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2002-06-18.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 5.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 5. Flowering plants, red and white. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2002-06-18.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 3.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 3. Closeup of flowers. Vantaa, Finland. Planted. 2001-07-02.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea. Meadow habitat. This is toxic. Yes, it's dragged out every time doctors talk about the dangers of medicinal plants -- but herbalists do not use the plant. Neither does anybody else - what's used are purified alkaloids of this plant, as pills, by MDs. Beavercreek, OR, US. Wild. 1998-06-01.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 1.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 1. Flowering plants. Beavercreek, OR, US. Wild. 1998-06-01.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 2.

Photo: Digitalis purpurea 2. Closeup of flowers. Beavercreek, OR, US. Wild. 1998-06-01.