Digitalis purpurea L.
Common foxglove, purple foxglove
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9/1/2007 · Mt. St. Helens, Washington 
8/2/2009 · Gordon & Kathy’s, Prospect, Maine · ≈ 3 × 4″ (8.3 × 11 cm) 
9/1/2007 · Mt. St. Helens, Washington 
7/14/2012 · Gordon and Kathy’s, Prospect, Maine · ≈ 8 × 12″ (20 × 31 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Lamiales | Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary |
| Family | Plantaginaceae | Plantains |
| Genus | Digitalis | From the Latin for finger, because of the corolla shape |
| Species | purpurea | Purple |
Digitalis purpurea description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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