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Foxgloves with their erect spikes of purple, golden, or white flowers are natives of Europe, Asia, and North Africa. They are adaptable plants but prefer semi-shaded positions.
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Foxgloves, Digitalis purpurea, grow in the wild on steep banks, or at the edges of paths or heaths, in acid soil. The plant has a long history in folk medicine, and its active components, digitoxin and digoxin, are still used today, as a conventional treatment for heart conditions. Its German name, Fingerhut, suggests the way generations of children have used the thimble-shaped, bright-pink flowers in their play.
Any of a group of flowering plants found in Europe and the Mediterranean region. They have showy spikes of bell-like flowers, and grow up to 1.5 m/5 ft high. (Genus Digitalis, family Scrophulariaceae.)
The wild species (D. purpurea), native to Britain, produces purple to reddish flowers. Its leaves were the original source of digitalis, a drug used for some heart problems.
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