botanical record · discovered
Purple Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
Purple Foxglove · Almindelig fingerbøl · Arba ditali · Bysedd Cochion · Bysedd Ellyllon · Bysedd y Cŵn · Clatsh y Cŵn · Cleci Coch · Common Foxglove · Common foxglove · Dail Bysedd Cochion · Dail Crach · Dail Ffion-Ffrwyth · Dail Llwynog · Dedaleira · Dedalera · Degețel roșu
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Kurdistan, Turkey, India, US, Nepal, Uk(Wales), Spain, Iraq
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Bactericide, Cardiotonic, Diuretic, Dropsy
Science studied: ACETIC-ACID, ACETYL-CHOLINE, APIGENIN, APIGENIN-GLUCOSYLAPIOSIDE
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 purpurea
Common names: Purple Foxglove, Almindelig fingerbøl, Arba ditali, Bysedd Cochion, Bysedd Ellyllon, Bysedd y Cŵn, Clatsh y Cŵn, Cleci Coch, Common Foxglove, Common foxglove, Dail Bysedd Cochion, Dail Crach, Dail Ffion-Ffrwyth, Dail Llwynog, Dedaleira, Dedalera, Degețel roșu
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, Kurdistan, Turkey, India, US, Nepal, Uk(Wales), Spain and 3 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Bactericide
- Cardiotonic
- Diuretic
- Dropsy
- Fatality
- Fever
- Heart
- Insanity
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- Neuralgia
- Palpitation
- Poison
- Sedative
- Stimulant(Cardio)
- Tonic
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Asthma
- Edema
- Renitis
- Stimulant
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
- Kurdistan
- Turkey
- India
- US
- Nepal
- Uk(Wales)
- Spain
- Iraq
- Mexico
- Japan*
Documented cultural uses
- Bactericide
- Cardiotonic
- Diuretic
- Dropsy
- Fatality
- Fever
- Heart
- Insanity
- Neuralgia
- Palpitation
- Poison
- Sedative
show 7 more documented entries
- Stimulant(Cardio)
- Tonic
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Asthma
- Edema
- Renitis
- Stimulant
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
- Flower color variation in Digitalis purpurea: Pollination and soil influences across native and introduced populations. · 2026 source ↗
- Flower color variation in Digitalis purpurea: Pollination and soil influences across native and introduced populations · 2026 source ↗
- Genome sequence of the ornamental plant Digitalis purpurea reveals the molecular basis of flower color and morphology variation. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETIC-ACID
- ACETYL-CHOLINE
- APIGENIN
- APIGENIN-GLUCOSYLAPIOSIDE
- BENZOIC-ACID
- CARDEONOLIDES
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CEROTIC-ACID
- CITRIC-ACID
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- DEGALACTOTIGOGENIN
- DESGLUCODIGITONIN
- DIGACETENIN
- DIGALOGENIN
- DIGICITRIN
- DIGIFOLEIN
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- DIGININ
- DIGIPRONIN
- 14ALPHA-DIGIPRONIN
- DIGIPURPURIN
- DIGITALIN
- DIGITALONIN
- DIGITOGENIN
- DIGITOPURPON
- DIGITOXIGENIN
- DIGITONIN
- DIGITOXIN
- DINATIN
- EVATROMONOSIDE
- FAT
- FORMIC-ACID
- GALLIC-ACID
- GITALIN
- GITALOXIGENIN-BISDIGITOXOSIDE
- GITALOXIN
- GITOGENIN
- GITONIN
- F-GITONIN
- GITOROSIDE
- GITOSTIN
- GITOXIGENIN-BISDIGITOXOSIDE
- GLUCODIGIFUCOSIDE
- GLUCODIGITOXIGENIN-BISDIGITOXOSIDE
- GLUCODIGITOXIGENIN-GLUCOMETHYLOSIDE
- GLUCO-EVATROMONOSIDE
- GLUCOGITALOXIGENIN-BISDIGITOXOSIDE
- GLUCOGITOROSIDE
- GLUCOGITOXIGENIN-BISDIGITOXOSIDE
- GLUCOLANADOXIN
- GLUCOVERODOXIN
- 4-HYDROXYDIGITOLUTEIN
- ISOCHRYSOPHANOL
- LACTIC-ACID
- LANADOXIN
- LUTEOLIN
- LUTEOLIN-7-D-GLUCOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-L-7-GLUCOSYL-GLUCURONIDE
- LUTEOLIN-L-7-GLUCURONIDE
- LUTEOLIN-7-XYLOSIDE-5-GLUCURONIDE
- MELISSYL-ALCOHOL
- 1-METHOXY-2-HYDROXY-3-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE
- 3-METHOXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE
- 1-METHOXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE
- 3-METHYLPURPURIN
- NEODIGITOGENIN
- NEODIGTALOGENIN
- ODOROBIOSIDE-G
- ODOROBIOSIDE-H
- PHOMARIN-6-METHYL-ETHER
- PURPNIN
- PURPRONIN
- PURLANOSIDE-B
- PURPUREAGLYCOSIDE-B
- SAPONINS
- SITOSTEROL
- STROSPESIDE
- SUCCINIC-ACID
- TIGONIN
- TRIACONTANE
- VERODOXIN
- DIGIPROSIDE
- DIGITOLUTEIN
- DIGITOXIGENIN-GLUCOMETHYLOSIDE
- PELARGONIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE
- PURPUREAGITOSIDE
- 16-ACETYLGITOXIN
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CHOLINE
- CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE
- DIGALONIN
- DIGIFUCOCELLOBIOSIDE
- DIGIPURPUROGENIN
- DIGITOXIGENIN-BISDIGITOXOSIDE
- 6,8-DIHYDROXYMYRICETIN
- FERULIC-ACID
- GITALOXIGENIN
- GITORIN
- GITOXIGENIN
- GITOXOSIDE
- GLUCOGITALOXIN
- LANAFOLIN
- LUTEOLIN-DIGLUCOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-5-XYLOSIDE-7-GLUCURONIDE
- 3-METHYL-ALIZARIN
- NEOGITOSTIN
- PHOMARIN
- PURPRIN
- PURPUREAGLYCOSIDE-A
- SPIROSTANOL-GLYCOSIDES
- GITOXINCELLOBIOSIDE
- GITOXIN
- TIGOGENIN
- INOSITOL
- LOLIOLIDE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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