Flora of North America species comparison

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Digitalis lutea

digitale jaune, small yellow foxglove, straw foxglove
Stems

50–80 cm, glabrous.
Leaves

blade oblanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 7–18 × 2–4 cm, margins serrate.
Inflorescences

secund, glabrous;

bracts 5–15 mm.
Pedicels

spreading to slightly pendent, 3–4 mm, glabrous or sparsely pilose.
Flowers

sepals lanceolate, 6–8 × 2–3 mm, glabrous or sparsely glandular;

corolla tube pale yellow, tubular-funnelform, 13–15 mm, throat 5–7 mm diam., abaxial lip pendent or spreading, pale yellow, lingulate, 4–5 mm.
Capsules

ovoid-conical, 8–12 mm, glabrous.
Seeds

brown, prismatic, 1 mm, reticulate-alveolate.
2n

= 56 (Europe).

Digitalis lutea
Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Disturbed sites, roadsides.
Elevation 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CT; MA; MD; MI; NH; NY; OH; PA; VT; BC; QC; Europe [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America, Asia]
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Discussion

Digitalis lutea is easy to grow and is distinguished by its relatively small, tubular-funnelform flowers.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 259.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Digitalis
Sibling taxa
D. grandiflora, D. lanata, D. purpurea
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 622. (1753)
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