Taxon:
Digitalis purpurea L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:621. 1753
Verified:
05/20/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
- based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
- http://www.skud.info
- Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 Note: poisonous
- Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 Note: cultivated
- Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
- Duke, J. A. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 1985
- Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
- Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
- Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Digitalis+purpurea&quantity=1
- Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. 1963 Note: cultivated
- Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu). 1977-1982 Note: cultivated
- Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 Note: poisonous
- Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 Note: cult.
- Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 Note: poisonous
- Lee, Y. N. Flora of Korea. 1997
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
- Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:96.
- Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource). http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/poison?p_x=px
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1972. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 3:240.
- Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource). Note: http://www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/scrophulariaceae/digitalis-purpurea/fichas/pagina1.htm
- Walker, E. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. 1976 Note: cultivated
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
- Zhong Guo & Hua Jing. China floral encyclopaedia. 1993
Common names
English
digitalis – foxglove – Swedish
fingerborgsblomma – Transcribed Chinese
mao di huang – Transcribed Korean
digitalriseu –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Belgium | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Finland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Ireland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Norway | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | Sardinia | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | incl. Corsica |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | Baleares | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Czech Republic | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | Denmark | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Croatia | | |
Native
Africa
Europe
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Belgium, Germany
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania, Italy [Sardinia]
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain [Baleares], France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Europe
-
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czech Republic
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Croatia
Economic Uses
Environmental
Medicines
source of digitalin, digitoxin, & gitalin (fide Import Medicinal Pl; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) – Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kingsbury; Cooper & Johnson ed2; Lampe & McCann) –