Plantaginaceae
Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Digitalis
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Common names
By language (53)
- Albanian
- Luletogëza e purpurtë
- Arabic
- قمعية أرجوانية
- Armenian
- Մատնոցուկ ծիրանագույն
- arz
- قمعيه ارجوانيه
- Asturian
- Calza de raposu, Calzones de cuquiellu, Calzones de raposu, Calzones del cuquiellu, Campanón, Capuchín, Estalleta, Estallón
- Azerbaijani
- Purpur üskükotu
- Basque
- Kuku-praka, Kuku praka, Kuku prakak, Kuku-prakak, Kukupraka, Kukuprakak
- Breton
- Brulu
- Cantonese
- 毛地黃, 洋地黃
- Catalan
- Digital, Boca de llop, Didalera, Didals, Digital purpúria, Guantera, Herba didalera
- Chinese
- 毛地黃, 毛地黄, 毛地黄(洋地黄、紫花洋地黄、紫花毛地黄）, 洋地黄
- Corsican
- Arba ditali, Erba ditale
- Croatian
- Naprstak crveni
- Czech
- Náprstník červený
- Danish
- Almindelig Fingerbøl
- Dutch
- Vingerhoedskruid, Gewoon vingerhoedskruid, Judasbeurs, Pijpekop, Pijpenkop, Popppenschoentje, Slangebloem, Slangenbloem
- English
- Foxglove, Purple foxglove, Fairy bells
- Esperanto
- Purpura digitalo
- Estonian
- Verev sõrmkübar
- Finnish
- Rohtosormustinkukka, Sormustinkukka
- French
- Digitale pourpre, Digitale pourprée
- frr
- Ruad Fangerhud
- Galician
- Dedaleira, Abrula, Milicroque
- German
- Roter Fingerhut, Digitale pourpre
- Hebrew
- אצבעונית ארגמנית, דיגיטליס
- hsb
- Čerwjeny naporst
- Hungarian
- Piros gyűszűvirág
- Irish
- Lus mór, Méaracán dearg, Méirín dearg, Méirín púca
- Japanese
- キツネノテブクロ, ジギタリス, ジギタリス・プルプレア, 狐の手袋
- Kazakh
- Алқызыл оймақгүл
- Korean
- 디기탈리스
- kw
- Manek lowarn
- Latvian
- Sarkanā uzpirkstīte
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji rusmenė, Digitale pourpre
- lzh
- 毛地黃
- Malayalam
- തിലപുഷ്പി
- mwl
- Monhicreiro, Abelhouras, Monhecreira, Paçparroteira, Yerba de ls lhagartos
- nds
- Vingerhoedskruud
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Revebjelle, Digitalis
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Revebjølle
- os
- Сæнтсырх æнгуырстуанæг
- Pashto
- دیجیټالیس پورپورېا
- Persian
- گل انگشتانه
- Polish
- Naparstnica purpurowa
- Portuguese
- Dedaleira, Beloura, Bocas-de-lobo, Estoirote
- Romanian
- Degețel roșu, Degeţel roşu, Degeţelul roşu, Degețelul roșu
- Russian
- Наперстянка пурпурная, Наперстянка пурпуровая, Пурпурная наперстянка
- Slovak
- Náprstník červený
- Slovenian
- Rdeči naprstec
- Spanish
- Dedalera común, Alcahueta del cerezo, Azalda, Bilicroques, Bragas de cucu, Brotonica real, Brotónica real, Cachapeiro
- Swedish
- Fingerborgsblomma, Digitale pourpre
- Ukrainian
- Наперстянка пурпурова
- Welsh
- Ffïon, Bysedd Cochion, Bysedd y cwn, Bysedd y cŵn
Synonyms
- Digitalis campbelliana W.Baxter
- Digitalis thapsi Bertero ex Nyman
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 10,852 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alice Shanks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Iris Selcho, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Lomas, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 🌴Anxo🌿, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Albrecht, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Digitalis
- Straw foxgloveDigitalis luteaPlantaginaceae
- Grecian foxgloveDigitalis lanataPlantaginaceae
- 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, synonyms 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.