Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Sunday, 20 September 2015
Foxglove
Digitalis
is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennials, shrubs, and
biennials commonly called foxgloves. This genus was traditionally placed
in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae, but recent phylogenetic
research has placed it in the much enlarged family Plantaginaceae. This
genus is native to western and southwestern Europe, western and central
Asia, Australasia and northwestern Africa. The scientific name means
"finger-like" and refers to the ease with which a flower of Digitalis
purpurea can be fitted over a human fingertip. The flowers are produced
on a tall spike, are tubular, and vary in colour with species, from
purple to pink, white, and yellow. The best-known species is the common
foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. This biennial plant is often grown as an
ornamental plant due to its vivid flowers which range in colour from
various purple tints through various shades of light gray, and to purely
white. The flowers can also possess various marks and spottings
Herbaceous Perennial Plant
A
herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at
the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent
woody stem above ground. Herbaceous plants may be annuals, biennials or
perennials. Annual herbaceous plants die completely at the end of the
growing season or when they have flowered and fruited, and they then
grow again from seed
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