Small-flowered foxglove

Digitalis parviflora

''Digitalis parviflora'', the small-flowered foxglove, is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. It is endemic to northern and central Spain. It grows at 500-2000 metres in altitude.
Digitalis parviflora A Spanish endemic, here from the Picos de Europa Cantabria,Digitalis parviflora,Picos de Europa,Spain

Appearance

''Digitalis parviflora'' is a short-lived herbaceous perennial or biennial. It grows to 60 cm . Spires of tubular rust-red flowers rise from downy rosettes of leaves in late spring and early summer.

Naming

It was first described as a species by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in the first half of the 1770s. The Latin specific epithet ''parviflora'' means "with small flowers".

Uses

It is cultivated as an ornamental, preferring a semi-shaded position with damp soil. The species and the cultivar 'Milk Chocolate' have won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderLamiales
FamilyPlantaginaceae
GenusDigitalis
SpeciesD. parviflora
Photographed in
Spain