Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
family
Scrophulariaceae
origin
Exotic
declaration
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.
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
Similar Species
Similar Species
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., .
