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Grecian Foxglove
Digitalis lanata
Grecian Foxglove · Digitale laineuse · Grecian foxglove · Gyapjas gyűszűvirág · Gyapjas güszűvirág · Luletokëza leshtake · Vunenasti naprstak · Woll-Fingerhut · Wollig vingerhoedskruid · Wolliger Fingerhut · digital · digitale laineuse
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, India, Nepal, Iraq
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Cardiotonic, Diuretic, Heart, Renitis
Science studied: ACETYL-CHOLINE, ACETYLGITOXINS, CAMPESTEROL, CYCLOARTENOL
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Scientific name: Digitalis lanata
Common names: Grecian Foxglove, Digitale laineuse, Grecian foxglove, Gyapjas gyűszűvirág, Gyapjas güszűvirág, Luletokëza leshtake, Vunenasti naprstak, Woll-Fingerhut, Wollig vingerhoedskruid, Wolliger Fingerhut, digital, digitale laineuse
POWO: 802028-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Turkey, Elsewhere, India, Nepal, Iraq.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Cardiotonic
- Diuretic
- Heart
- Renitis
- Stimulant(Cardio)
- Tonic
- Poison
- Dropsy
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- India
- Nepal
- Iraq
Documented cultural uses
- Cardiotonic
- Diuretic
- Heart
- Renitis
- Stimulant(Cardio)
- Tonic
- Poison
- Dropsy
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Cardiotonic · Turkey · "
- Cardiotonic · Elsewhere · "
- Cardiotonic · India · "
- Diuretic · Elsewhere · "
- Heart · Elsewhere · "
- Renitis · Elsewhere · "
- Stimulant(Cardio) · Nepal · "
- Tonic · Nepal · "
- Diuretic · Iraq · "
- Poison · Elsewhere · "
- Dropsy · Elsewhere · "
- Tonic · Iraq · "
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Gap-free near-T2T genome assembly of Digitalis lanata enables complete enzymatic production of digoxigenin · 2026 source ↗
- Subcellular localization of enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of digoxin in <i>Digitalis lanata</i>. · 2026 source ↗
- Cardiac glycosides from <i>Digitalis lanata</i> and their cytotoxic activities. · 2022 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETYL-CHOLINE
- ACETYLGITOXINS
- CAMPESTEROL
- CYCLOARTENOL
- DESACETYLLANATOSIDE-C
- DIGINATIGENIN
- DIGINATIN
- DIGITOGENIN
- DIGITOXIGENIN
- DIGITOXIGENIN-BISDIGITOXOSIDE
- DIGITOXIGENIN-DIGILANIDOBIOSIDE
- DIGITOXIGENIN-GLUCOMETHYLOSIDE
- DIGITOXIGENIN-GLUCOSIDE
- DIGITOXIN
- DIGOXIGENIN
- DIGOXIGENIN-DIGITOXOSIDE
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- DIGOXOSIDE
- EVATROMONOSIDE
- GITALOXIGENIN
- GITOROSIDE
- GITOXIGENIN
- GITOXIN
- GLUCODIGIFUCOSIDE
- GLUCOGITOROSIDE
- GLUCODIGITOXIGENIN-ACETYLGLUCOMETHYLOSIDE
- GLUCODIGITOXIGENIN-ALLOMETHYLOSIDE
- GLUCODIGITOXIGENIN-BISDIGITOXOSIDE
- GLUCODIGITOXIGENIN-GLUCOMETHYLOSIDE
- GLUCODIGOXIGENIN-BISDIGITOXOSIDE
- GLUCODIGOXIGENIN-DIGITOXOSIDE
- GLUCO-EVATROMONOSIDE
- GLUCOGITALOXIN
- GLUCOGITOFUCOSIDE
- GLUCOLANADOXIN
- GLUCOVERODOXIN
- GLYCOSIDES
- 28-ISOFUCOSTEROL
- LANAGITOSIDE
- LANATIGONIN
- LANATIGOSIDE
- LANATOSIDE-A
- LANATOSIDE-B
- LANATOSIDE-C
- LANATOSIDE-D
- LANATOSIDE-E
- LUTEOLIN
- 3-METHOXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE
- 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL
- 4-METHYL-SCUTELLAREIN
- NEODESACETYLLANATOSIDE-C
- NEODIGAGENIN
- NEODIGITOGENIN
- NEODIGOXOSIDE
- NEOGLUCOVERODOXIN
- NEOLANATOSIDE-C
- NEOODOROBIOSIDE-G
- ODOROBIOSIDE-G
- PURPUREAGLYCOSIDE-A
- PURPUREAGLYCOSIDE-B
- SCUTELLAREIN
- STROSPESIDE
- TIGONIN
- 5,7,4'-TRIHYDROXY-6-METHOXYFLAVONE
- VERODOXIN
- ACETYLDIGOXINS
- CHOLINE
- DIGILUTEIN
- NEODIGOXIN
- ODOROBIOSIDE-H
- ACETYLDIGITOXINS
- CHOLESTEROL
- DIGILANIDASE
- DIGIPROSIDE
- DIGITOXIGENIN-ALLOMETHYLOSIDE
- DIGOXIN
- GITALOXIN
- LANADOXIN
- 1-METHOXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE
- NEOACETYLDIGOXIN
- NEODIGITALOGENIN
- NEOGLUCODIGIFUCOSIDE
- 5,7,4'-TRIHYDROXY-3',6'-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- GITOXIGENIN-FUCOSIDE
- ACETYLGITALOXINS
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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