Digitalis purpurea L., 1753 27% complete

Foxglove

Sp. Pl.: 621 (1753)

Data sources

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Sourced9 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded8 Not on the record10 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 621 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Foxglove No source recorded
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Observations W. & SW. Europe to N. Morocco No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 59 cm
  • 58.99 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 25 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 60, 92, 174, 178, 251, 449, 500, 526
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 178, 350, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white, purple, magenta
  • magenta, purple, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 92, 350, 882
Sourced
Foliage color empty Not on the record
Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit shape capsule Sourced
Growth rate empty Not on the record
Inflorescence type empty Not on the record
Maximum height 125 cm
  • 125 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 60, 92, 174, 178, 251, 449, 500, 526
Sourced
Phenology
Duration biennial, perennial
  • biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 92, 178, 460, 882
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous)
  • 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Light empty
  • 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record