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Common foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

Photo by Elsa
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Description:

This beautiful, but highly toxic wildflower is common across Europe. It gets its name from the tubular, funnel-shaped flowers that are dark-purple to pink. On the outside the flowers are one colour, on the inside they have characteristic dark sports.

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Thank you very much Alice! :)

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