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Digitalis purpurea
Sp. Pl. 2: 621. 1753.
Common names: Purple foxglove digitale pourpre
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Distribution
Europe, introduced also in Mexico, Central America, South America, Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia.
Discussion
Subspecies 5 (1 in the flora).
Digitalis purpurea was once used as a commercial source of digitalin, is widely cultivated, and has many cultivars. Some plants have been identified as European subspecies; all variability in the flora area appears to be from cultivars of subsp. purpurea. Digitalis ×mertonensis B. H. Buxton & C. D. Darlington (strawberry or giant foxglove) is a hybrid of D. purpurea with D. grandiflora that is sometimes cultivated.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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