Digitalis

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About 20 species, including:

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Digitalis ciliata

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Digitalis davisiana

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Digitalis dubia

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Digitalis ferruginea

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Digitalis grandiflora

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Digitalis laevigata

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Digitalis lanata

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Digitalis lutea

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Digitalis obscura

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Digitalis parviflora

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Digitalis purpurea

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Digitalis thapsi

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Digitalis viridiflora

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Digitalis is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials, perennials and shrubs that was traditionally placed in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae. Due to new genetic research, it has now been placed in the much enlarged family Plantaginaceae.

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The term digitalis is also used for preparations containing cardiac glycosides, particularly digoxin, extracted from plants of this genus.

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Herb: An herb (pronounced "hurb" in Commonwealth English and "urb" in American English) is a plant grown for culinary, medicinal, or in some cases even spiritual value. The green, leafy part of the plant is typically used. General usage differs between culinary herbs and medicinal herbs. A medicinal he...

Cardiac glycoside: Cardiac glycosides are drugs used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia. These glycosides are found as secondary metabolites in several plants, but also in some animals. Some of these compounds (ouabain and some frog poisons) are used in africa as arrow-poisons for hunt...

Digoxin: Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside extracted from the foxglove plant, digitalis. It is widely used in the treatment of various heart conditions, and has two distinct actions on the heart....

Digitalis related Images and Photos (experimental)

Foxglove Flowers Digitalis Purpurea North America

Pollen from Foxglove Digitalis Plant