DIGITALIS GRANDIFLORA Miller – Large Yellow Foxglove

Syn.: Digitalis ambigua Murray
Family: Scrophulariaceae Juss.; Plantaginaceae (s. l.)

Distribution: Southern, Middle and Eastern Europe, Asia Minor and Western Siberia, and it has been introduced into North America.
Habitat: It grows in deciduous woods and glades, on mountain meadows, from foothills to mountains.
Description: A perennial herb with an erect and unbranched stem, 30–120 cm high. The leaves are lanceolate, up to 25 cm long, with toothed margin. The flowers are large, in a long spike, the corolla is tubular, yellow on the outside, mottled brown on the inside. Flowers from June to August. The fruit is a capsule.
Threat and Protection: The Large Yellow Foxglove is a protected plant in some countries (e. g. Germany).
Note: All parts of the plant contain a poisonous glycosides (digitalin), these glycosides affect the heart and circulation.


These images were taken in Czechia, Hrubý Jeseník and Brno (dates: from 20. 5. to 20. 7. 2003).