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Digitalis obscura
Also called Spanish Rusty Foxglove
Digitalis obscura, commonly called willow-leaved foxglove or dusty foxglove or Spanish rusty foxglove, is a flowering plant native to regions in Spain and Morocco. It is also grown as an ornamental flower. This foxglove is a woody perennial plant belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. Along with the other foxgloves it used to be placed in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae; however, recent genetic research has moved the genus Digitalis to a larger family. It is similar to many of the foxglove species in its high toxicity and medicinal use as a source for the heart-regulating drug digoxin. Its strikingly distinctive amber- to copper-coloured flowers give the species its name and help distinguish it from other members of the genus.
Digitalis obscura is native to the western Mediterranean in eastern and southern Spain and northern Morocco, where it is found growing in dry, open woods and often on limestone.
Digitalis atlantica · Canary Islands Foxglove · Digitalis cariensis · Digitalis cedretorum · Digitalis chalcantha · Digitalis ciliata · Alanya Foxglove · Rusty foxglove · Digitalis ×fulva · Yellow Foxglove · Digitalis ikarica · Cresta De Gallo
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Digitalis obscura by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
