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foxglove(dedaleira)

Digitalis purpurea

Description:

wild flower,from wich is extracted the digitalis to make heart medicins

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Common Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea Digitalis purpurea


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5 Comments

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

yeah thanks Julio,it's one flowers(plant) that i know since i was a kid,we played whith them making sounds,if you smash a close flower in your hand, it produce a very higth sound,like a shoot:)but the old people allways said to us that it was toxic,not to eat

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

Thanks Dilek

Dilek Cifci
Dilek Cifci 12 years ago

Very nice shots!

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

thanks daniele for the id,and brandon i put another shot and the things i read in a plant guide that i consulted now:-)

BrandonBlount
BrandonBlount 12 years ago

any extra information on this spotting such as plant height, whether in a garden or wild? It really looks like a Fox Glove Flower. Without more information it will be hard to ID. :-D Great shots btw!!

Braga, Braga, Portugal

Spotted on Oct 23, 2011
Submitted on Oct 23, 2011

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