Plantaginaceae

Canary islands foxglove

Digitalis canariensis L.

Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Digitalis

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Canary islands foxglove: Cresta de Gallo — Photo: javiersanp, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Cantonese: 等裂毛地黃, 加拿利毛地黃, 加那利毛地黃
Chinese: 等裂毛地黄
English: Canary islands foxglove
Finnish: Liekkipensasvaltikka

Synonyms

Callianassa canariensis (L.) Webb & Berthel.
Digitalis canariensis f. glaberrima (Kuntze) Ivan.
Digitalis canariensis f. tomentosa (Kuntze) Ivan.
Digitalis lurida Salisb.
Isoplexis canariensis (L.) Loudon
Isoplexis canariensis f. glaberrima (Kuntze) K.Werner
Isoplexis canariensis f. tomentosa (Kuntze) K.Werner
Isoplexis canariensis var. glaberrima Kuntze
Isoplexis canariensis var. tomentosa Kuntze

Photos

Photo: javiersanp, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: manfred.sause@volloeko.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Inge Bischoff, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: scott.zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Diego Alex, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Photo: Diego Alex, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Photo: Arnaud Creyssels, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: scott.zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Javier García Cano, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Javier Sanchez Portero, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.