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Digitalis purpurea - (Foxglove)

International name: Digitalis purpurea Family name: Plantaginaceae Arabisch: قمعية أرجوانية Deutsch: Roter Fingerhut English: Foxglove / Common foxglove / Purple foxglove / Lady's glove Espanol: Dedalera / Digital / Cartucho / Chupamieles / Guante de Nuestra Señora / San Juan Francais: Digitale pourpre Nederlands: Vingerhoedskruid Romana: Degețel roșu Height: Digitalis purpurea can grow to a height of 1,20 - 1,90 m tall. Flowers: The flowering stem develops in the second year, typically 1 - 2 m (3.3 - 6.6 ft) tall, sometimes longer. The flowers are arranged in a showy, terminal, elongated cluster and each flower is tubular and pendent. The flowers are purple, but some plants under cultivation, may be pink, rose, yellow, or white. The inside surface of the flower tube is heavily spotted. Seeds: The fruit is a capsule which splits open at maturity to release the numerous tiny 0.1 - 0.2 mm seeds. Leaves: The leaves are 10 - 35 cm (3.9 - 13.8 in) long and 5 - 12 cm (2 - 5 in) broad Covered with gray-white pubescent Glandular hairs Woolly texture. World: Digitalis purpurea is native and widespread throughout most of temperate Europe. Lifetime: Digitalis purpurea is an short-lived plant. It’s a flowering plant that takes two years to complete it’s biological Lifecycle. Poison: Due to the presence of the cardiac glycoside digitoxin, the leaves, flowers and seeds of Digitalis purpurea are all poisonous to humans and some animals and can be fatal if ingested. Symptoms of Digitalis poisoning include low pulse rate, nausea, vomiting, and uncoordinated contractions of different parts of the heart, leading to cardiac arrest and finally death. Medicine: Digitalis purpurea is well known as the original source of the heart medicine digoxin (also called digitalis or digitalin). William Withering (17 March 1741 - 6 October 1799) William was an English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and the discoverer of digitalis. He recognized it "reduced dropsy", increased urine flow and had a powerful effect on the heart. ------------------------------------- Music: Nice To You ------------------------------------- Sources: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vingerh... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital...