Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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7593.000 Digitalis
Description of the genus
Biennial or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate. Flowers nodding, borne in terminal 1-sided racemes. Calyx deeply 5-lobed. Corolla with a long tube, shortly 5-lobed, the two upper lobes forming an obscurely lobed upper lip, the lowest usually longer and more prominent. Stamens 4. Capsule dehiscing septicidally. Seeds numerous, small. Derivation of name: Latin for finger of a glove, referring to the corolla shape. Worldwide: c. 19 species in Europe, the Mediterranean region extending to C Asia Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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Other sources of information about Digitalis:
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Flora of Malawi: DigitalisFlora of Malawi: cultivated Digitalis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Digitalis
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): DigitalisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Digitalis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Digitalis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Digitalis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Digitalis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Digitalis
JSTOR Plant Science: Digitalis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Digitalis
Plants of the World Online: Digitalis
Tropicos: Digitalis
Wikipedia: Digitalis
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