Plant 
Flower |
Leaf 
Colour Variant |
Fruit
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Plant
Flower |
Leaf
Colour Variant |
Height: 30-200cm
Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Biennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - September
(Earliest: 23.5)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saponins | Digitonin | ||||
| Cardiac Glycosides |
Acetyldigitoxin, Digitoxin, Digoxin, Gitaloxigenin,
Gitaloxin, Gitoxin, Purpurea, Strospeside | ||||
| Phenylethanoid Glycosides |
Calceolarioside, Cornoside, Forsythiaside, Plantainoside,
Plantamajoside, Sceptroside | ||||
| Flavonoids | Cyanidin, Digicitrin | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Spruce Forest Edge | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Episyrphus balteatus |
Parasyrphus lineolus |
Helina impuncta |
Stenurella melanura | ||||
| Parasites: |
Ramularia variabilis |
Gortyna flavago Larva (Stem Borer) |
Apteropeda orbiculata Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Agapanthia cardui Larva (Stem Borer) |
| Herbivores: |
Melitaea athalia Larva |
Several Noctuidae |
Cnephasia asseclana |
Cnephasia incertana |
Pachyprotasis rapae Larva |
Barynotus moerens | |||
| Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae |
Cychramus luteus | ||
| Florivores: |
Eupithecia pulchellata Larva | |||
| Granivores: |
Scolopostethus thomsoni | |||
| Decomposers: |
Septoria digitalis |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Foxglove
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 J.K. Lindsey
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