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Digitalis ferruginea
A biennial or short-lived perennial foxglove that forms a rosette of dark green leaves, then sends up a spike of russet, tubular flowers in summer. Grow it in well-drained soil in part shade for best results.
Digitalis ferruginea, the rusty foxglove, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae, native to Hungary, Romania, Turkey and the Caucasus. It is a biennial or short-lived perennial plant growing to 1.2 metres (3 feet 11 inches) in height, which forms a rosette of oblong dark green leaves and carries spikes of russet, tubular flowers in summer.
The Latin specific epithet ferruginea means "rusty coloured", referring to the flowers.
Digitalis ×fulva · Yellow Foxglove · Straw Foxglove · Digitalis parviflora · Foxglove · Foxgloves
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Digitalis ferruginea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
