Digitalis × fulva

Digitalis × fulva, the strawberry foxglove, is a fertile hybrid between Digitalis grandiflora and Digitalis purpurea.

Digitalis × fulva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Digitalis
Species:
D. × fulva
Binomial name
Digitalis × fulva
Synonyms
  • Digitalis × mertonensis

Description

This perennial herbaceous plant reaches on average a height of 60–90 centimetres (24–35 in). The erect stems rise from a semi-evergreen basal rosette of soft leaves. It has typical tall spikes of large tubular flowers. The color ranges from strawberry pink (hence the common name) to mauve. The flowering period extends from late spring to early summer. It prefers neutral or mildly acidic substrate and rich, moist and regularly watered soil, in full sun or in partial shade.

This plant, which is widely marketed in the UK under its synonym Digitalis × mertonensis, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[1][2]

Synonyms
  • Digitalis fuscescens Kirschl., Prodr. Fl. Alsace 103. 1836, nom. illeg. non Waldst. & Kit. (1812).
  • Digitalis kotukovii Ivanina, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 225. 1955, sine descr. lat.
  • Digitalis × mertonensis B.H.Buxton & C.D.Darl., Nature 127: 94. 1931.
  • Digitalis obtusa Moench, Methodus (Moench) 443. 1794.
  • Digitalis purpureoides H.Lév., Bull. Géogr. Bot., sér. 4, 25 : 65, nom. illeg.

References
  1. "RHS Plant Selector Digitalis × mertonensis AGM / RHS Gardening". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  2. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 29. Retrieved 6 February 2018.


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