Syn.: Digitalis ambigua Murray
Family: Plantaginaceae Juss.
Distribution: Southern, Middle and Eastern Europe, Asia Minor and Western Siberia, and it has been introduced into North America.
Ecology: It grows in deciduous woods and glades, on mountain meadows, from foothills to mountains. Flowers from June to August.
Description: A perennial herb with an erect and unbranched stem, 30–120 cm tall. 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. 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 (from 20. 5. to 20. 7. 2003).
