Common name:
Foxglove
Family:
Scientific name:
Digitalis purpurea
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK; least common in the fens of East Anglia
Height:
Up to 150 cm
Habitat:
Moorland, heaths, sea cliffs, mountains, woodland
Flowers:
Narrowly bell-shaped, purple/pink, spreading to pendent, up to 5 cm long, opening to five shallow lobes. Inside, the tube is marked with small, darker spots surrounded by rings of white. Flowers are produced in a dense, unbranched, elongated cluster. The short calyx is divided to the base into five broad, pointed lobes
Leaves:
Alternate, ovate to lanceolate, up to 30 cm long, covered by soft, downy hairs and lined with small teeth
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
