Digitalis lanata Ehrh.

 
  • Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
    (Figwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Plantaginaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Digitalis epiglottidea Brera ex Steud.; Digitalis eriostachya Besser ex Rchb.; Digitalis nova Winterl ex Lindl.; Digitalis orientalis Elmig.; Digitalis winterli Roth
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Digitalis lanata Ehrh.
  • Common name : Grecian Foxglove, Woolly Foxglove
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Roadsides and slopes of Himalaya
  • Comments / notes : It can be seen growing wild in the Himalayas, having escaped cultivation in Kashmit.
  • Key identification features : Lower lip white. Upper yellow with purplish veins
  • Flower, Fruit : June-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Kashmir
  • Native : Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Austria, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Vermont, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • Literature :
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 202
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 185
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Digitalis lanata. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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