Digitalis parviflora

Digitalis parviflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Genus:	Digitalis
Species:	D. parviflora
Binomial name
	Digitalis parviflora; Jacq.

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.^[2]^[3]^[4] It grows at (rarely 200-) 500-2000 metres in altitude.^[4]

It was first described as a species by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in the first half of the 1770s.^[1] The Latin specific epithet parviflora means "with small flowers".^[3]

Description[]

Digitalis parviflora is a short-lived herbaceous perennial or biennial. It grows to 60 cm (24 in). Spires of tubular rust-red flowers rise from downy rosettes of leaves in late spring and early summer.^[5]

Uses[]

It is cultivated as an ornamental, preferring a semi-shaded position with damp soil. The species^[5] and the cultivar 'Milk Chocolate' ^[6] have won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Digitalis parviflora". International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Digitalis parviflora Jacq". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Benedí i Gonzalez, Carles; Hinz Alcaraz, P.-A. (15 January 2009). "17. Digitalis" (PDF). In Benedí i Gonzalez, Carles; Rico Hernández, Enrique; Güemes Heras, Jaime; Herrero Nieto, Alberto (eds.). Flora Ibérica, Vol. XIII (in Spanish). Madrid: Real Jardín Botánico. pp. 342–343, 346. ISBN 9788400087470.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Digitalis parviflora". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
^ "Digitalis parviflora 'Milk Chocolate'". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

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[ipni-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Digitalis parviflora". International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[PoWO-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Digitalis parviflora Jacq". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[RHSLG-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.

[ibérica-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Benedí i Gonzalez, Carles; Hinz Alcaraz, P.-A. (15 January 2009). "17. Digitalis" (PDF). In Benedí i Gonzalez, Carles; Rico Hernández, Enrique; Güemes Heras, Jaime; Herrero Nieto, Alberto (eds.). Flora Ibérica, Vol. XIII (in Spanish). Madrid: Real Jardín Botánico. pp. 342–343, 346. ISBN 9788400087470.

[RHSPF-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Digitalis parviflora". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

[6] "Digitalis parviflora 'Milk Chocolate'". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

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