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Taxon:  Digitalis purpurea L.



Summary
Genus:
Digitalis
Section:
Digitalis
Family:
Plantaginaceae
Tribe:
Digitalideae
Nomen number:
13986
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:621. 1753
Verified:
05/20/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Digitalis purpurea L. subsp. amandiana (Samp.) Hinz (0 active accession[s])
Digitalis purpurea L. subsp. purpurea (0 active accession[s])
Digitalis purpurea L. subsp. toletana (Font Quer) Hinz (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Digitalis purpurea L. var. gloxiniiflora hort. ex L. H. Bailey
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous
  3. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 226.
  4. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: cultivated
  5. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  6. Duke, J. A. 1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  7. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  8. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  9. Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. 1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23)
  10. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  11. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. Note: cultivated
  12. Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
  13. Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977-1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu). Note: cultivated
  14. Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
  15. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: cult.
  16. Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: poisonous
  17. Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
  18. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  19. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  20. Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:96.
  21. Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
  22. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1972. Flora europaea. 3:240.
  23. Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
  24. Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. Note: cultivated
  25. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  26. Zhong Guo & Hua Jing. 1993. China floral encyclopaedia.
Common names
English
digitalis –
foxglove –
English (Canada)
foxglove –
French (Canada)
digitale pourpre –
Swedish
fingerborgsblomma –
Transcribed Chinese
mao di huang –
Transcribed Korean
digitalriseu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItalySardegna 
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpainBaleares 
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaCabo Verde  
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanariasTenerife
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Morocco
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Belgium, Germany
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Italy [Sardegna]
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain [Baleares], France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Cabo Verde, Spain [Canarias (Tenerife)], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czech Republic
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Croatia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Medicinessource of digitalin, digitoxin, & gitalin Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinessource of digitalin, digitoxin, & gitalin McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicinessource of digitalin, digitoxin, & gitalin Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. 1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23)
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: poisonous
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=13986. Accessed 28 May 2025.