Species

Digitalis purpurea

Common Name(s)

foxglove

Authority

Digitalis purpurea L.

Family

Plantaginaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

DIGPUR

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Violet / Purple,White

Year Naturalised

1867

Origin

W. Europe, S. to Spain and E. to Czechoslovakia

Poisonous plant

All parts of this plant are poisonous if eaten.

This page last updated on 5 Nov 2017