Sunset Foxglove

Description:

It is a perennial woody plant belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. grows about 1 to 2 feet (0.30 to 0.61 m) tall. The stems are smooth and erect. The long leaves are basal and form in a rosette fashion growing outward closer to the ground. Smaller leaves grow alternately along the stem. The thick, glossy leaves are lanceolate in shape, with acute tips. The leaves have a blue-green color and a leathery texture that gives them a shine.The many flowers of the plant are large and tubular, opening into a funnel shape. They droop from the point of attachment to the stem, occurring in clusters on the same side of the floral axis. The flowers are approximately 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) long and have an appearance of dropping bells or snipped-off fingers as the common name of the genus, foxglove, suggests. The sunset foxglove is noted for its rusty dark-orange to green-yellow colored flowers that distinguishes it from the other foxgloves. Inside the flowers, red venation and spotting can also be seen as well as tiny hairs at the tips. The arrangement of the flowers in respect to the stalk is racemes and the flowers droop downward

Habitat:

native to regions in Spain and Africa. Mountains and lowlands near the coast. Dry climates and in high altitudes

Notes:

The Sunset Foxglove is similar to many of the foxglove species in its high toxicity and medicinal use as a source for the heart-regulating drug digitalis.