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Scrophulariaceae

19-Digitalis purpurea

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The flowers of foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, are large and showy. As mentioned above under Image #3, a drug is obtained from this species that is used to treat various heart disorders.

Photo by K. R. Robertson along a roadside near Loch Tay in Scotland.

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