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Digitalis purpurea

(Apricot Blush Foxglove)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Apricot Blush Foxglove, Common Foxglove, Digitalis, Foxglove, Purple Foxglove

Common Names in Italian:

Guancelli

Common Names in Korean:

Simjangbyngphul

Common Names in Latin:

Folia Digitalis

Common Names in Russian:

наперстянка красная, Naperstjanka Krasnaja

Common Names in Spanish:

Dedalera

Description

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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

Species Digitalis purpurea

Annuals or perennials , 60-120 cm tall, gray-white pubescent and glandular hairy except for corolla and sometimes for subglabrous stems. Stems 1 or few and cespitose. Basal leaves mostly rosulate; petiole narrowly winged , to 15 cm; leaf blade ovate to oblong-elliptic, 5-15 cm, base tapering, margin crenate and rarely serrate, apex acuminate to obtuse . Stem leaves simi-lar to basal leaves, decreasing in size upward, sessile or short petiolate and forming bracts. Calyx campanulate , ca. 1 cm; segments free , oblong-ovate. Corolla purple to white, 3-4.5 cm, inside spotted, lobe apex white pubescent. Capsule ca. 1.5 cm. Seeds clavate , puberulent . Fl. May-Jun. [source]

Habit: Evergreen . • Growth Form: Single CrownShape and Orientation: Erect

Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May. • Flower Color: apricot, coralFlower Conspicuous: Yes

Seeds: Seed per Pound: 4667536 • Seed Spread Rate: Moderate • Seedling Vigor: Medium • Fruit/Seed Abundance: High • Fruit/Seed Color: Black • Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: No • Cold Stratification Required: No

Foliage: Foliage Color: Dark Green • Foliage Porosity Summer: Porous • Foliage Porosity Winter: Porous • Foliage Texture: Fine • Fall Conspicuous: Yes • Leaf Retention: No

Size/Age/Growth

Active Growth Period: Spring and Summer • Growth Rate: Moderate • After Harvest Regrowth Rate: Moderate • Mature Height (feet): 5.0 • Size: 36-48" tall. • Vegetative Spread Rate: None • Lifespan: Lifespan

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,936 meters (0 to 16,194 feet).[2]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: BiennialCoppice Potential: No • Progagated by Bulbs: No • Propagated by Bare Root: No • Propagated by Container: No • Propagated by Corms: No • Propagated by Cuttings: No • Propagated by Seed: Yes • Propagated by Sod: No • Propagated by Sprigs: No • Propagated by Tubers: No • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer • Fruit/Seed Period End: FallFruit/Seed Persistence: No

Growth

Culture: Space 18-24" apart.

Soil: Adapted to Medium Textured: Adapted to Medium Textured Soils • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: No • Anaerobic Tolerance: None • Salinity Tolerance: None • CaCO3 Tolerance: None • Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5 • Fertility Requirement: Medium

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade. • Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: Low • Minimum Precipitation: 40 • Maximum Precipitation: 60 • Moisture Use: Medium

Temperature: Minimum Temperature (F): -13°F. • Minimum Frost Free Days: 190 • Cold Hardiness: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication : Sp. pl. 2:621. 1753

Name verified on 20-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 01-Dec-2006

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Digitalis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 280 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

D. acuta · D. alba · D. amandiana · D. ambigua · D. americana · D. 'Apricot Beauty' · D. 'Ashdon Glory' · D. atlantica · D. aurea · D. australis · D. ballii · D. 'Boston Bells' · D. brachyantha · D. 'Butterfingers' · D. 'Butterfingers' × ferruginea · D. 'Butterfingers' × laevigata subsp. laevigata · D. 'Butterfingers' × obscura · D. 'Callisto' · D. canariensis · D. cariensis · D. carnea · D. carpetana · D. cedretorum · D. charrelii · D. chinensis · D. ciliata (Foxglove Digitalis Ciliata) · D. cochinchinensis · D. comosa · D. cream hybrids · D. dasyantha · D. davisiana (Foxglove) · D. di-tellae · D. dracocephaloides · D. dubia (Dwarf Spanish Foxglove) · D. dubia var. palaui · D. dubla · D. 'Electrum' · D. 'Elsie Kelsey' · D. epiglottidea · D. eriostachya · D. ferrugina · D. ferruginea (Rusty Foxglove) · D. ferruginea f. membranaceoviolacea · D. ferruginea 'Gelber Herold' (Rusty Foxglove) · D. ferruginea 'Gigantea' (Gigantea Rusty Foxglove) · D. ferruginea var. schischkinii · D. ferruginea × grandiflora · D. 'Flashing Spires' · D. flava · D. floribunda · D. fontanesii · D. 'Foxley Primrose' · D. 'Frosty' · D. fucata · D. fulva · D. fusca · D. 'Genisis' · D. 'Glory of Roundway' (Foxglove) · D. gloxinioides · D. glutinosa · D. 'Gold Crest' · D. graeca · D. graeca var. megalantha · D. grandiflora (Yellow Perennial Foxglove) · D. grandiflora 'Carillon' (Yellow Foxglove) · D. grandiflora 'Carlyon' · D. grandiflora 'Dropmore Yellow' · D. grandiflora 'Dwarf Carillon' · D. grandiflora 'Dwarf Temple Bells' · D. grandiflora 'Temple Bells' · D. guelli · D. gyspergerae · D. heldreichii · D. heywoodii · D. 'Hildig' · D. hybrida · D. ikizdere · D. integrifolia · D. intermedia · D. isabelliana · D. 'John Innes Tetra' (Digitalis) · D. laciniata · D. laciniata subsp. riphaea · D. laegivata · D. laevigata (Grecian Foxglove) · D. laevigata graeca · D. laevigata laevigata · D. laevigata laevigata × obscura · D. laevigata white-flowered · D. lamarckii (Foxglove) · D. lanata (Grecian Foxglove) · D. lanata 'Cafe Creme' · D. lantana 'Cafe Cream' · D. leucocephala · D. leucophaea · D. libertiana · D. lingulata · D. 'Little Spook' · D. longebracteata · D. longiflora

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Notes

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. "Digitalis". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 53. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Mean = 247.010 meters (810.400 feet), Standard Deviation = 361.770 based on 4,928 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 2010-01-01