Digitalis thapsi

Digitalis thapsi
Digitalis thapsi in situ at Villavieja de Yeltes, Salamanca, Spain
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Digitalis
Species:
D. thapsi
Binomial name
Digitalis thapsi
Synonyms

Homotypic:

  • Digitalis purpurea proles thapsi ((L.) Font Quer in Bol. Farm. Militar 3: 128. 1925.)
  • Digitalis purpurea subsp. thapsi ((L.) Font Quer, Pl. Medic. 619. 1962, comb. inval.)
  • Digitalis purpurea subsp. thapsi ((L.) Rivas Goday in Farmacogn. 5: 144. 1946.)

Heterotypic:

  • Digitalis thapsi f. albiflora (C.Vicioso, in sched., nom. nud.)
  • Digitalis thapsi f. albiflora (C.Vicioso ex R.Fern. in Mem. Soc. Brot. 6: 50. 1950.)

Digitalis thapsi, which has been called mullein foxglove in the US, is a flowering plant in the genus Digitalis that is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula, where it occurs in eastern Portugal and central and western Spain. It is of commercial importance as an ornamental plant. Hybrids with D. purpurea have proved successful and are fertile.

  1. ^ "Digitalis thapsi". International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 22 November 2020.