Biology:Digitalis parviflora
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Digitalis |
| Species: | D. parviflora
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Digitalis parviflora, the small-flowered foxglove, is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. It is endemic to northern and central Spain .[2][3][4] It grows at (rarely 200-) 500–2000 metres in altitude.[4]
It was first described as a species by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in the first half of the 1770s.[1] The Latin specific epithet parviflora means "with small flowers".[3]
Description
Digitalis parviflora is a short-lived herbaceous perennial or biennial. It grows to 60 cm (24 in). Spires of tubular rust-red flowers rise from downy rosettes of leaves in late spring and early summer.[5]
Uses
It is cultivated as an ornamental, preferring a semi-shaded position with damp soil. The species[5] and the cultivar 'Milk Chocolate' [6] have won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Digitalis parviflora". The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. https://www.ipni.org/n/802069-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Digitalis parviflora Jacq.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/802069-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Benedí i Gonzalez, Carles; Hinz Alcaraz, P.-A. (15 January 2009). "17. Digitalis". in Benedí i Gonzalez, Carles (in Spanish). Flora Ibérica, Vol. XIII. Madrid: Real Jardín Botánico. pp. 342–343, 346. ISBN 9788400087470. http://www.floraiberica.es/floraiberica/texto/pdfs/13_144_17_Digitalis.pdf#page=346.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Digitalis parviflora". Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/5861/Digitalis-parviflora-Jacq/Details. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ↑ "Digitalis parviflora 'Milk Chocolate'". Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/194142/Digitalis-parviflora-Milk-Chocolate/Details. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q2093042 entry
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