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4 unusual facts about Digitalis purpurea


Ashworth's Rustic

There are many larval foodplants, usually low growing plants, including Common Rock-rose, Wild Thyme, Sheep's Sorrel, Harebell, Salad Burnet, Bell heather, Goldenrod, Lady's Bedstraw, Creeping Willow and Foxglove.

D. purpurea

Digitalis purpurea, the common foxglove, purple foxglove or lady's glove, a flowering plant species native to most of Europe

Digitalis purpurea

This plant inspired a famous poem by the Italian poet Giovanni Pascoli titled "Digitale Purpurea".

Epilecta linogrisea

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, such as Digitalis purpurea and Stellaria and Primula species.



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