Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Willow Leaf Foxglove, Willow-Leaf Foxglove
Description
Genus Digitalis
Herbs, rarely basally woody. Stems simple
or branched at base
. Leaves alternate, large, often crowded below, margin
entire or toothed
. Flowers in terminal
, often secund
racemes
. Calyx 5-lobed; lobes
imbricate. Corolla oblique
, tubular-campanulate, often constricted
beyond ovary, somewhat ventricose
; limb slightly 2-lipped; lower lip 3-lobed, middle
lobe longer than lateral
lobes; upper lip lobes much reduced, emarginate
. Stamens 4, didynamous
, included
; anthers
touching in pairs, locules divaricate
, apically confluent
. Style 2-lobed. Capsule ovoid
, septicidal
. Seeds numerous
, oblong
to subovoid, small, ribbed
; seed coat
scrobiculate-reticulate.
About 25 species: Asia, Europe; one species cultivated in China.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May, June. • Flower Color: bronze, brown, red-orange
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 12-18" tall.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,290 meters (0 to 4,232 feet).[2]
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 12-15" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lamianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Lamiales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Plantaginaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Digitalidoideae
()
- Tribe:
Digitalideae
()
- Genus:
Digitalis
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Foxglove
- Specific epithet:
obscura
- L.
- Botanical name: - Digitalis obscura L.
- Specific epithet:
obscura
- L.
- Genus:
Digitalis
(
- Tribe:
Digitalideae
(
- Subfamily:
Digitalidoideae
(
- Family:
Plantaginaceae
(
- Order:
Lamiales
(
- Superorder:
Lamianae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Digitalis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 56 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
D. ciliata (Foxglove Digitalis Ciliata) · D. davisiana (Foxglove) · D. dubia (Dwarf Spanish Foxglove) · D. ferruginea (Rusty Foxglove) · D. ferruginea 'Gelber Herold' (Rusty Foxglove) · D. ferruginea 'Gigantea' (Gigantea Rusty Foxglove) · D. grandiflora (Yellow Foxglove) · D. grandiflora 'Carillon' (Yellow Foxglove) · D. laevigata (Grecian Foxglove) · D. lamarckii (Foxglove) · D. lanata (Grecian Foxglove) · D. lutea (Small Yellow Foxglove) · D. lutea Brickell's form (Straw Foxglove) · D. lutea lutea (Straw Foxglove) · D. obscura (Willow Leaf Foxglove) · D. obscura obscura (Willow-Leaf Foxglove) · D. parviflora (Foxglove) · D. purpurea (Apricot Blush Foxglove) · D. purpurea f. albiflora (White Flowered Common Foxglove Digitalis Purpurea F. Albiflora) · D. purpurea heywoodii (Foxglove) · D. purpurea heywoodii 'Silver Fox' (Foxglove) · D. purpurea mariana (Foxglove) · D. purpurea var. alba (Purple Foxglove) · D. purpurea var. purpurea (Purple Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Apricot' (Apricot Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Apricot Beauty' (Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Apricot Faerie Queen' (Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Camelot Cream' (Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Camelot Lavender' (Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Camelot Mix' (Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Camelot Rose' (Camelot Rose Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Camelot White' (Camelot White Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Excelsior Hybrids' (Excelsior Group Foxglove Digitalis Purpurea) · D. purpurea 'Excelsior Mix' (Excelsior Mix Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Foxy' (Foxy Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Foxy Mix' (Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Gelbe Lanze' (Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Giant Shirley' (Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Glittering Prizes Group' (Glittering Prizes Group Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Gloxiniflora' (Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Hyacinth Hybrids' (Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Pam's Choice' (Pam's Choice Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Pam's Split' (Foxglove 'pam's Split') · D. purpurea 'Primrose Carousel' (Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Snow Thimble' (Foxglove) · D. purpurea 'Sutton's Apricot' (Sutton's Apricot Foxglove) · D. sibirica (Siberian Foxglove) · D. stewartii (Foxglove) · D. thapsi (Dwarf Spanish Foxglove) · D. trojana (Foxglove) · D. trojana 'Helen of Troy' (Foxglove) · D. viridiflora (Green Foxglove) · D. x mertonensis (Strawberry Foxglove) · D. 'Glory of Roundway' (Foxglove) · D. 'John Innes Tetra' (Digitalis) · D. 'Waldigone' (Foxglove 'waldigone')
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Further Reading
- A dictionary of English names of plants applied in England and among English-speaking people to cultivated and wild plants, trees, and shrubs, by William Miller; in two parts, English-Latin and Latin-English. London, J. Murray, 1884. url p. 48.
- A general system of gardening and botany. Founded upon Miller's Gardener's dictionary, and arranged according to the natural system. By George Don. London, Printed for C. J. G. and F. Rivington, 1831-38. url p. 505.
- Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 132, p. 132, p. 177, p. 19, p. 19, p. 231, p. 231, p. 240, p. 242, p. 242, p. 277, p. 336, p. 336, p. 46, p. 555.
- Journal of genetics. Cambridge: University Press, 1910-1977. url p. 73, p. 73.
- Science-gossip. Berlin: R. Friedländer & Sohn, [1894]-1902. url p. 174.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 183, p. 183, p. 422, p. 422.
- The Garden: an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. London: [s.n., url p. 166, p. 436, p. 468.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:
- GBIF-Spain, BDBCV BioBlitz in Penyagolosa
- GBIF-Spain, Botánica, Universidad de León: LEB-Cormo
- GBIF-Spain, CIBIO, Alicante:ABH-GBIF
- GBIF-Spain, Dirección General de Investigación, Desarrollo Tecnológico e Innovación de la Junta de Extremadura(DGIDTI): HSS
- GBIF-Spain, Herbario Universidad de Málaga: MGC-Cormófitos
- GBIF-Spain, Jardi Botanic de Valencia: VAL
- GBIF-Spain, Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
- GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
- , Vascular Plant Herbarium
- GBIF-Spain, Univ. Herbarium SALAMANCA: SALA
- GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Almería, HUAL
- GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO
- GBIF-Spain, Universidad del País Vasco/EHU, Bilbao: Herbario BIO
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1672178
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13756511
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:802063-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 733555
Footnotes
- "Digitalis". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 53. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Mean = 533.410 meters (1,750.033 feet), Standard Deviation = 580.780 based on 196 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
