Its scientific name, Digitalis purpurea, literally means ‘purple fingers.’ Common foxglove isn’t native to the U.S. and was ...

The foxglove yields the invaluable heart drug digitalis. Discovered at least as early as the 16th century, the drug fell into disrepute but was reinstated by the careful studies of an English ...

Foxgloves are quintessential cottage garden plants. When I think of these blooms, I imagine an English pastoral landscape, a small cottage, wildflowers, and foxgloves shooting skywards, injecting ...

Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) being visited by bumble bees. Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). Foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis). University of Illinois Pollinatarium ...