Plantaginaceae
Grecian foxglove
Digitalis lanata
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Digitalis
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Common names
By language (25)
- Albanian
- Luletokëza leshtake
- Arabic
- قمعية صوفية, أصبع العذراء, ديجيتال صوفي, ديجيتالس
- arz
- قمعيه صوفيه
- Azerbaijani
- Tükcüklü üskükotu
- Bulgarian
- Вълнест напръстник
- Cantonese
- 長葉毛地黃, 長葉洋地黃
- Chinese
- 長葉洋地黃, 长叶毛地黄, 狭叶毛地黄
- Czech
- Náprstník vlnatý
- Dutch
- Wollig vingerhoedskruid
- English
- Grecian foxglove, Woolly foxglove
- Estonian
- Villane sõrmkübar
- Finnish
- Villasormustinkukka
- French
- Digitale laineuse
- German
- Wolliger Fingerhut
- hsb
- Wołmjany naporst
- Hungarian
- Gyapjas gyűszűvirág, Gyapjas güszűvirág
- Japanese
- ケジギタリス
- Macedonian
- Бесник, Волнест напрсток
- Polish
- Naparstnica wełnista
- Russian
- Наперстянка шерстистая
- Serbian
- Besniče, Бесниче, Вунасти дигиталис
- Slovak
- Náprstník vlnatý
- Slovenian
- Dlakavi naprstec
- Swedish
- Grekisk fingerborgsblomma
- Turkish
- Yünlü yüksük otu
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 132 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dimitǎr Boevski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eridan Xharahi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dimitǎr Boevski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Sandler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: katunchik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Haplochromis, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Asrın Akıncıoğlu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Digitalis
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpureaPlantaginaceae
- Straw foxgloveDigitalis luteaPlantaginaceae
- Yellow foxgloveDigitalis grandifloraPlantaginaceae
- Rusty foxgloveDigitalis ferrugineaPlantaginaceae
- Digitalis obscuraPlantaginaceae
- Small flowered foxgloveDigitalis parvifloraPlantaginaceae
- Digitalis laevigataPlantaginaceae
- Digitalis ciliataPlantaginaceae
- Digitalis thapsiPlantaginaceae
- Digitalis minorPlantaginaceae
- Canary islands foxgloveDigitalis canariensisPlantaginaceae
- Digitalis marianaPlantaginaceae
Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.