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Digitalis purpurea L.                          Foxglove

Flowering stems 12-18 dm tall; basal and lower leaves large, 1.5 to 5 dm long, crenate to dentate, cauline reduced upward; racemes elongate, secund, leafy bracteate, bracts entire; pedicels 6-20 mm long; sepals mostly separate, 15-18 mm long at maturity; corolla 40-50 mm long, purple, on the lower side pale with purple spots and mottling, or corolla may be white; import from Europe now common along roadsides.

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