Common Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora
Scrophulariaceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Biennial
Native distribution
Western Mediterranean Region; Europe
Biocultural value
Foxglove is mentioned in Britania's Pastorals, Song 4, by William Browne.
Location
Source of plant
Thompson & Morgan
Description
Biennial or perennial, to 4' in height. Basal leaves lanceolate to ovate or broadly ovate, long-petioled,stem leaves sessile or short-petioled; flowers drooping in one-sided racemes to 2' long; calyx lobes ovate, corolla to 3" long, white, more or less spotted inside.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4