Digitalis
Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection
Distribution
© Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)
Foxgloves
Digitalis, foxglove, is a genus of 19 to 25 species of summer-blooming herbaceous perennials or biennials (rarely annuals or shrubs) in the Plantaginaceae (plaintain family) with distinctive campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers, best known as a garden ornamental and as the source of the cardiac drug digitalis, which is obtained from D. purpurea and D. lanata. Digitalis species, so named for the finge... © Jacqueline Courteau (licence)
See more in the Encyclopedia of Life... Definition
- Parent Taxon
- Plantaginaceae
- Taxonomic Completion
8.00%
2 of 25 accepted Species- Global Pollen Project UUID
- 7c8103bc-85bd-46a8-82d4-2011daf9813f
- Botanical Reference
- None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources
This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.
The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility