Digitalis purpurea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Digitalideae
Genus: Digitalis
Sectio: D. sect. Digitalis
Species: Digitalis purpurea
Varietates: D. p. var. amandiana – D. p. var. purpurea – D. p. var. toletana

Name

Digitalis purpurea L., Sp. Pl. 2: 621 (1753).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Digitalis speciosa Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 100 (1796).

Hybrids

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Yugoslavia (Croatia)
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States (Estonia), Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Morocco.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Malawi, Zimbabwe
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Réunion.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Sakhalin
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central (Sichuan), China Southeast (Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang).
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Korea (South Korea), Taiwan
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Myanmar, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Jawa, Philippines.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, Tasmania. Victoria.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - Antipodean Islands (Auckland Island), New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Alaska.
- Regional: Western Canada
  - British Columbia.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick, Newfoundland (Newfoundland, St.-Pierre-et-Miquelon), Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia,
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Maryland.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Jamaica.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil South, Brazil Southeast.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Juan Fernández Islands, Uruguay.

Note: Grey script symbolizes introduced occurrences.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 621. Reference page.

Additional references

Ivanina, L.I. 1955. Digitalis purpurea. Pp. 454 in Schischkin, B.K. & Bobrov, E.G. (eds.), Flora URSS (Flora Unionis Rerumpublicarum Sovieticarum Socialisticarum) XXII. [Solanaceae – Scrophulariaceae] [in Russian]. xxv + 861 pp., Academia Scientiarum URSS, Mosqua, Leningrad. DJVU. English translation: 745 pp. BHL Reference page.
Hinz, P.-A. 1990. Etude biosystématique de l'agrégat Digitalis purpurea L. (Scrophulariaceae) en Méditerranée occidentale: 11. Digitalis purpurea. Candollea 45(1): 125–199. PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Digitalis purpurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Digitalis purpurea. Published online. Accessed: August 30 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Digitalis purpurea. Accessed: 30 August 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Digitalis purpurea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 30. Reference page.

Vernacular names

aragonés: Dedalera
العربية: قمعية أرجوانية
azərbaycanca: Purpur üskükotu
català: Didalera
corsu: Arba ditali
čeština: Náprstník červený
Cymraeg: Ffïon
dansk: Almindelig Fingerbøl
Deutsch: Roter Fingerhut
English: Foxglove
Esperanto: Purpura digitalo
español: Dedalera
eesti: Verev sõrmkübar
euskara: Kuku-praka
فارسی: گل انگشتانه
suomi: Rohtosormustinkukka
français: Digitale pourpre
Gaeilge: Lus mór
Gàidhlig: Lus nam Ban-sìdh
galego: Dedaleira
עברית: אצבעונית ארגמנית
hrvatski: Naprstak crveni
hornjoserbsce: Čerwjeny naporst
magyar: Piros gyűszűvirág
日本語: キツネノテブクロ
lietuvių: Paprastoji rusmenė
Nedersaksies: Vingerhoedskruud
Nederlands: Vingerhoedskruid
norsk nynorsk: Revebjølle
norsk: Revebjelle
polski: Naparstnica purpurowa
پښتو: دیجیټالیس پورپورېا
português: Dedaleira
română: Degețel roșu
русский: Наперстянка пурпурная
slovenčina: Náprstník červený
shqip: Luletogëza e purpurtë
svenska: Fingerborgsblomma
Türkçe: Yüksük otu
українська: Наперстянка пурпурова
中文: 毛地黄

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