Digitalis x fulva
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Digitalis x fulva, Lindl. 1821, common name Strawberry foxglove, is a hybrid
between D. grandiflora and D. purpurea (Hybrid formula: Digitalis grandiflora
Mill. × Digitalis purpurea
L.). This hybrid is considered fertile.
plant reaches on average a height of 60–90 cm (23.6–35.4 ). The erect stems rise from a basal rosette of soft leaves. It has typical tall spikes of large tubular flowers. The color ranges from strawberry pink (hence the common name) to mauve. The flowering period extends from late Spring to early Summer. It prefers neutral or mildly acidic substrate and rich, moist and regularly watered soil, in full sun or in partial shade.
Hybrid
In biology and specifically, genetics, the term hybrid has several meanings, all referring to the offspring of sexual reproduction.#In general usage, hybrid is synonymous with heterozygous: any offspring resulting from the mating of two distinctly homozygous individuals#a genetic hybrid carries two...
between D. grandiflora and D. purpurea (Hybrid formula: Digitalis grandiflora
Digitalis grandiflora
Digitalis grandiflora is a flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. In mountains it grows on warm, bushy slopes or areas left after logging....
Mill. × Digitalis purpurea
Digitalis purpurea
Digitalis purpurea , is a flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae , native to most of Europe.-Description:...
L.). This hybrid is considered fertile.
Description
This perennial herbaceousHerbaceous
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
plant reaches on average a height of 60–90 cm (23.6–35.4 ). The erect stems rise from a basal rosette of soft leaves. It has typical tall spikes of large tubular flowers. The color ranges from strawberry pink (hence the common name) to mauve. The flowering period extends from late Spring to early Summer. It prefers neutral or mildly acidic substrate and rich, moist and regularly watered soil, in full sun or in partial shade.
Synonyms
- Digitalis fuscescens Kirschl., Prodr. Fl. Alsace 103. 1836, nom. illeg. non Waldst. & Kit. (1812).
- Digitalis kotukovii Ivanina, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 225. 1955, sine descr. lat.
- Digitalis mertonensis B.H.Buxton & C.D.Darl., Nature 127: 94. 1931.
- Digitalis obtusa Moench, Methodus (Moench) 443. 1794.
- Digitalis purpureoides H.Lév., Bull. Géogr. Bot., sér. 4, 25 : 65, nom. illeg.