Digitalis davisiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Plantaginaceae |
Genus: | Digitalis |
Species: | D. davisiana |
Binomial name | |
Digitalis davisiana |
Digitalis davisiana is a species of the genus Digitalis in the family Scrophulariaceae.
Native to Turkey and Eastern Mediterranean Basin. UK zone 8.
Digitalis davisiana is a rhizomatous perennial which flowers in early summer.
Susceptible to leaf spot and powdery mildew.
Digitalis, a derivation of 'digit' (as in 'fingered', 'hand-like', or 'lobed from one point'), meaning 'Finger-Bonnet' or 'Fingerstall', which comes from Leonhart Fuchs' translation of the German name for Digitalis, 'Fingerhut', literally meaning 'Finger-Hat'. Davisiana is named for Peter Hadland Davis.