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Fox Glove or Digitalis (Digitalis Purpurea) Plant
Updated: Jul 12, 2019
Folk names given to the foxglove or digitalis (digitalis purpurea) plant are witches hats, bloody fingers, fairy mittens, witches thimbles, gloves of our lady, fairy fingers, witches bells, dead man bells, folksglove (as in the fairies) and witches gloves. Bees and other insects are known to hide in their bell-like flowers in bad weather. From Granny Buck's Dibs and Dabs