What is Digitalis?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Foxglove'' | image = Digitalis purpurea2.jpg | image_width = 180px | image_caption = ''Digitalis purpurea'' (Common Foxglove) | regnum = [[Plantae]] | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Lamiales]] | familia = [[Plantaginaceae]] | genus = '''''Digitalis''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = About 20 species, including:<br/> ''[[Digitalis cariensis]]''<br/> ''[[Digitalis ciliata]]''<br/> ''[[Digitalis davisiana]]''<br/> ''[[Digitalis dubia]]''<br/> ''[[Digitalis ferruginea]]''<br/> ''[[Digitalis grandiflora]]''<br/> ''[[Digitalis laevigata]]''<br/> ''[[Digitalis lanata]]''<br/> ''[[Digitalis leucophaea]]''<br/> ''[[Digitalis lutea]]''<br/> ''[[Digitalis obscura]]''<br/> ''[[Digitalis parviflora]]''<br/> ''[[Digitalis purpurea]]''<br/> ''[[Digitalis thapsi]]''<br/> ''[[Digitalis trojana]]''<br/> ''[[Digitalis viridiflora]]'' }} '''Digitalis''' is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennials shrubs, and biennals that are commonly called '''foxgloves'''. The genus is native to [[Europe]], western and central [[Asia]], and northwestern [[Africa]]. The term '''digitalis''' is also used for preparations containing cardiac glycosides, particularly digoxin, extracted from plants of this genus. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Plantaginaceae]]