Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA
Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA
(pendant flowers on stalk)
Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA
Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA
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Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Mid-Atlantic bloom time: May - August
Purple Foxglove is a biennial native to Europe and north Africa; it is mainly a garden escapee in our area. In its first year, Purple Foxglove grows a rosette of leaves, then flowers the following year. Its purple flowers are arranged in a showy, terminal, elongated cluster, with each flower tubular and pendent.
Purple Foxglove is the original source for the heart medicine digitalis. Due to the presence of the cardiac glycoside digitoxin, all parts of the plant are considered to be poisonous to humans. Symptoms of poisoning include a low pulse rate, nausea, vomiting, and uncoordinated contractions of different parts of the heart, which can lead to cardiac arrest and death.
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17 June 2021
Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA
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17 June 2021
Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA (pendant flowers on stalk)
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17 June 2021
Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA
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17 June 2021
Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA
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