Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
Poisonous plant: do not eat any part of it.
This is a game, not a field guide. Never eat a wild mushroom or plant because of it; if you are unsure, ask a mushroom advisor or a poison centre.
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Digitalis purpurea
- Group
- Eudicots
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Continent
- Europe
- Habitat
- Forest, Mountains
- Form
- Herb
- Leaves
- Shed in winter
- Flower colour
- Pink, Purple
- Blooms in
- Summer
- Use
- Medicine, Ornamental
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Bumblebees pollinate its tubular flowers, guided by dark spots inside the bell.
- It is usually a biennial: a leaf rosette in the first year, a tall flower spike in the second.
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- Ribwort plantain
Plantago lanceolata
- Greater bladderwort
Utricularia vulgaris
- Sage
Salvia officinalis
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q157555 · All plants · All entries