Digitalis purpurea
Poisonous plant
Common name
foxglove
Family
Plantaginaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
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.
DIGPUR
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.