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Common Foxglove / Roter Fingerhut
Digitalis purpurea
51.7991, 10.6156
Field Notes
Habitat:
Seen on top of the Brocken (1,141 m / 3,743 ft)
Notes:
Foxglove leaves, flowers and seeds contain Digitoxin, a cardiac glycoside still used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia, It's highly toxic, symptoms of poisoning (eating the plant parts as well as taking too much of the heart medication) are anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, confusion, visual disturbances, and cardiac arrhythmias.
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