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Purple Foxglove
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Copyright: Lori Cannon (LCannon)
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| Genre: Plants |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006-06-28 |
| Categories: Flowers |
| Camera: Kodak Easyshare LS753 |
| Exposure: f/3.0, 1/90 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2006-06-28 20:56 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The girls and I took a small hike to Wahclella Falls up Tanner Creek today. The hike follows Tanner Creek on a flat closed roadway for the first 1/4 mile or so, that's where I found these Foxglove plants.
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Isn't a wildflower at all, and definitely not native to North America. But it's so beautiful, and it certainly grows like a wildflower in western North America, in the Pacific region. Foxglove is a member of one of our loveliest families, the Figwort, or Snapdragon Family (Scrophulariaceae). It is native to Europe. It grows up to 7' tall.
Foxglove contains digitalis, which is a heart stimulant, and is used in many, if not most types of heart disease. It is also deadly toxic.
Foxglove has been as prominent in magic and fairy lore as it is along green, wet Pacific Northwest roadsides. Fairies have been known to use the blossoms as gloves, or to wear them as hats. Also, it protects the gardens it grows in, as well as the home; crossed lines painted on cottage floors with the black dye that comes from Foxglove were believed to keep evil out.
Some of its folk names were Deadmen's Bells, Fairy Fingers, Fairy Thimbles, Fairy Weed, Folk's Gloves, Fox Bells, Witch's Bells and Witch's Thimbles. |
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