Distribution

Europe, introduced also in Mexico, Central America, South America, Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia.

Discussion

Subspecies 5 (1 in the flora).

Digitalis purpurea was once used as a commercial source of digitalin, is widely cultivated, and has many cultivars. Some plants have been identified as European subspecies; all variability in the flora area appears to be from cultivars of subsp. purpurea. Digitalis ×mertonensis B. H. Buxton & C. D. Darlington (strawberry or giant foxglove) is a hybrid of D. purpurea with D. grandiflora that is sometimes cultivated.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Digitalis purpurea subsp. purpurea