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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Digitalis purpurea L.
common foxglove, purple foxglove
Digitalis: from the Latin for finger, because of the corolla shape
purpurea: from Greek for "purple"
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Introduced - escaped |
| Plant: | erect, biennial/perennial, 2'-6' tall forb |
| Flower: | purple to white, 5-parted, 1 1/2"-2" long, upper lip not covering the 4 stamens, lower lip only slightly longer and spotted with dark purple inside, tube long with bell-shaped opening; inflorescence a terminal cluster (raceme) with stalked flowers often from only one side of the stem |
| Fruit: | oval to round |
| Leaf: | alternate, stem leaves lance-like and hairy below |
| Habitat: | garden escapee |
| Notes: | classical source of the drug digitalis |
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