foxglove

Synonyms:

digitalis

Types:

Digitalis purpurea, common foxglove, fairy bell, finger-flower, finger-root, fingerflower, fingerroot

tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock

Digitalis lutea, straw foxglove, yellow foxglove

European yellow-flowered foxglove

Type of:

herb, herbaceous plant

a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests