Digitalis purpurea,(Foxglove) flower on leaf, Cottingham, Hull, UK
Digitalis purpurea is an erect herbaceous biennial, producing vegetative growth in the first year and flowering in the second. Its mid green leaves are lanceolate with serrate margins, are covered in grey/ white hairs, are up to 30cm long and 12cm broad. They are spirally arranged, forming a tight rosette at ground level at first year. Its purple flowers are tubular, pendant up to 5cm long and arranged on a terminal, elongated cluster. Its fruit is a capsule which releases numerous small (0.2mm) seeds at maturity.
Digitalis purpurea,(Foxglove) flower on leaf, Cottingham, Hull, UK
Digitalis purpurea is an erect herbaceous biennial, producing vegetative growth in the first year and flowering in the second. Its mid green leaves are lanceolate with serrate margins, are covered in grey/ white hairs, are up to 30cm long and 12cm broad. They are spirally arranged, forming a tight rosette at ground level at first year. Its purple flowers are tubular, pendant up to 5cm long and arranged on a terminal, elongated cluster. Its fruit is a capsule which releases numerous small (0.2mm) seeds at maturity.