Digitalis parviflora

Digitalis parviflora, the small-flowered foxglove, is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. It is endemic to northern and central Spain.[2][3][4] It grows at (rarely 200-) 500-2000 metres in altitude.[4]

Digitalis parviflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Digitalis
Species:
D. parviflora
Binomial name
Digitalis parviflora

It was first described as a species by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in the first half of the 1770s.[1] The Latin specific epithet parviflora means "with small flowers".[3]

Description

Digitalis parviflora is a short-lived herbaceous perennial or biennial. It grows to 60 cm (24 in). Spires of tubular rust-red flowers rise from downy rosettes of leaves in late spring and early summer.[5]

Uses

It is cultivated as an ornamental, preferring a semi-shaded position with damp soil. The species[5] and the cultivar 'Milk Chocolate' [6] have won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

References
  1. "Digitalis parviflora". International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  2. "Digitalis parviflora Jacq". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
  4. Benedí i Gonzalez, Carles; Hinz Alcaraz, P.-A. (15 January 2009). "17. Digitalis" (PDF). In Benedí i Gonzalez, Carles; Rico Hernández, Enrique; Güemes Heras, Jaime; Herrero Nieto, Alberto (eds.). Flora Ibérica, Vol. XIII (in Spanish). Madrid: Real Jardín Botánico. pp. 342–343, 346. ISBN 9788400087470.
  5. "Digitalis parviflora". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  6. "Digitalis parviflora 'Milk Chocolate'". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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