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Blooms: June - July
Habit: herb
Duration: biennial
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia
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Distribution: Introduced from Alaska to California, east to Montana in the west, and Wisconsin to Maine, south to west Virginia, in eastern United States
Habitat: Widespread and common near roads, sea level to moderate elevations in the mountains
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Species Description:
General: Robust, unbranched biennial, 5-18 dm. tall, puberulent throughout and glandular upward.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, oblong-ovate, the lower 1.5-5 dm. long including the petiole, and 3-12 cm. wide, with small, rounded teeth; cauline leaves well-developed, reduced upward.
Flowers: Inflorescence an elongate, terminal, one-sided, leafy-bracteate raceme, the bracts entire and unlike the foliage leaves; pedicels 6-20 mm. long; calyx of 5 distinct sepals, foliaceous, 1-1.8 cm. long; corolla 4-6 cm. long, pink to purple, broadly tubular, the 5 lobes much reduced, the lowest the largest, the lower side paler and spotted; stamens 4; stigmas 2, flattened.
Fruit: Capsule with numerous, minute seeds.
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Subspecies & Varieties:
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Full Name with Authors:
Digitalis purpurea L.
Synonyms:
Digitalis purpurea L.
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Digitalis purpurea |
Additional Resources:
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Digitalis purpurea specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Digitalis purpurea treatment.
Oregon Flora Project Atlas: Digitalis purpurea atlas page.
E-Flora BC: Digitalis purpurea atlas page.
CalPhotos: Digitalis purpurea images.
USDA Plants Database: Digitalis purpurea. |
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