Digitalis davisiana

Digitalis davisiana
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.

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