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Digitalis purpurea L. ssp. purpurea
purple foxglove

       
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Images:
Digitalis purpurea L. ssp. purpurea

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Synonyms:
Digitalis purpurea L. ssp. purpurea

  DIPUA Digitalis purpurea L. var. alba hort.   purple foxglove
  DIPUG2 Digitalis purpurea L. var. gloxiniiflora hort. ex L.H. Bailey  
  DIPUT Digitalis purpurea L. var. tomentosa (Hoffmanns. & Link) Brot.  
 

Distribution:
Digitalis purpurea L. ssp. purpurea

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AK, CA, CO, CT, ID, MA, MD, ME, MI, MT, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (BC, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Digitalis purpurea L. ssp. purpurea

View 91 genera in Scrophulariaceae, 6 species in Digitalis, 2 subspecies and varieties in Digitalis purpurea L.
 

Classification:
Digitalis purpurea L. ssp. purpurea

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
   
Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Scrophulariales
Family Scrophulariaceae – Figwort family
Genus Digitalis L. – foxglove
Species Digitalis purpurea L. – purple foxglove
Variety Digitalis purpurea L. ssp. purpurea – purple foxglove
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Digitalis purpurea L. ssp. purpurea

Digitalis purpurea
purple foxglove

The related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Digitalis purpurea L. ssp. purpurea

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Digitalis purpurea L. ssp. purpurea

Digitalis purpurea:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU* NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACU* NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Digitalis purpurea L. ssp. purpurea

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527713.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

 
 
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