Digitalis purpurea, SE: Fingerborgsblomma, vanlig fingerborgsblomma,
DE: Rote Fingerhut, Fingerkraut, Fuchskraut, Schwulstkraut,
Unserer-lieben-Frauen-Handschuh, Waldglöckchen, Waldschelle,
NL: Vingerhoedskruid, UK: Common Foxglove, Purple Foxglove, Lady's Glove

Scientific name:		Digitalis purpurea L.
Swedish name:		Fingerborgsblomma, vanlig fingerborgsblomma
German name:		Rote Fingerhut, Fingerkraut, Fuchskraut, Schwulstkraut, Unserer-lieben-Frauen-Handschuh, Waldglöckchen, Waldschelle
Nederlandse naam:		Vingerhoedskruid
English name:		Common Foxglove, Purple Foxglove, Lady's Glove
Plant Family:		Plantaginaceae, Plantain family, Grobladsväxter

Life form:		Herbaceous biennial
Stems:		, simple, gray-tomentose and glandular, especially upward
Leaves:		Rosette, spirally arranged, simple, 10-35 cm long and 5-12 cm broad, and are covered with gray-white pubescent and glandular hairs.
Flowers:		pedicel 6–25 mm, tomentose;many flowers, calyx lobes < 1.8 cm, lanceolate to ovate; corolla 4–6 cm, white to pink-purple with darker spots on lower inside surface, lobes ciliate, sparsely long-hairy inside; stamens, style included.
Flowering Period:		June, July, August
Fruit:		Capsule which splits open at maturity to release the numerous tiny (0.1-0.2 mm) seeds.
Habitat:		Forest, thicket, farmland, settlements

Derivation of the botanical name: Digitalis, finger like. purpurea,purple. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. Digitalis purpurea are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees. It is poisonous and contains glycosides, which have been used commercially in the pharmaceutical industry, as the active substance in various cardiac medications. The man credited with the introduction of digitalis into the practice of medicine was William Withering (1741 - 1799).