DIGITALIS 



(From the Latin digitus, a finger, referring to the shape of the flower) 



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73. Digitalis ambigua (Z). grandiflora; D. ochroleucd) 



English Names: Yellow foxglove (originally Folk's glove, alluding to the "little 

 folk" or faeries), Thimbles, Fairy cap, Fairy fingers. Fairy thimbles. 



EUROPE, WESTERN ASIA JUNE AND JULY 



LARGE tubular flowers two inches long, buff-yellow with brownish 

 J markings, drooping in terminal spikes sometimes two feet long on 

 strong upright stems reaching a height of two to three feet. The leaves, 

 mostly in clumps on the 

 ground, are rather long 

 pointed-oval, of a light 

 green color. Excellent in 

 groups in the herbaceous 

 border or planted against 

 shrubbery; not so striking 

 as D. purpurea, but with 

 the advantage of being a 

 perennial and of bloom- 

 ing more orless constantly 

 throughout the summer 

 if cut back. 



A hardy perennial of 

 easy culture. Thrives 

 best in light, rather moist 

 and rich loam, in sun or 

 partial shade. 



Propagate by seed or 

 by division. 



