Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

family

Scrophulariaceae

origin

Exotic

declaration

Council Pest Vegetation (BCC Natural Asset Local Law)

Council Pest Vegetation (BCC Natural Asset Local Law)

Council Pest Vegetation (BCC Natural Asset Local Law)

Common names

Common foxglove, Purple foxglove, Annual foxglove, Digitalis, Fairy glove, Finger flower.

An annual, biennial or perennial, erect herb with a single, 1 m long flower spike covered in large, bell (or glove) shaped, purple, white or pink flowers in spring to summer. It usually produces a rosette of large, fuzzy, grey-green leaves in the first year and flowers in the second.

Leaf arrangement:Simple
Leaf form:Alternate
Purple
Green

Impact

Impact

Due to the cardiac glycoside digitoxin, in the leaves, flowers and seeds of this plant, it is extremely poisonous to humans and some animals and can be fatal if eaten. All plant parts must be handled with extreme care. Foxglove is able to rapidly spread and totally exclude native flora and fauna. Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea ) is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria and Tasmania. This garden escape has invaded moist and wet sclerophyll forest, riparian areas and rainforests in both of these states., .

Location

Location

Characteristics

Characteristics

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Control Methods