- Genus
- Digitalis
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Common Names
- bloody bells, bloody finger, cow flop, dead man's bells, dead men's bells, dog's lugs, dragon's mouth, fairy bells, fairy fingers, fairy gloves, fairy thimbles, fairy's cap, fairy's petticoat, fairy's thimble, finger flower, flap dock, folk's gloves, fox finger, gloves of Mary, lady's fingers, lady's gloves, lady's thimble, lion's mouth, lusmore, lustmore, pop dock, thimble finger, thimble flower, throat root, witches' bells, witches' fingers, witches' gloves, witches' thimbles
About this plant
D. purpurea is a biennial or short-lived perennial, freely self-sowing, with a rosette of softly hairy, oval leaves and tall, one-sided spires of pendant, tubular, bright rosy-purple flowers 6cm long, spotted within, in summer