FLOWERS ENCYCLOPAEDIA: foxglove flowers

Wednesday 6 July 2011

foxglove flowers

foxglove flowers

foxglove flowers جِنس کا ایک اُونچا پودا جِس کی انگشت نُما چھڑوں پر پَر اور قرمزی رنگ کے پھول آتے ہیں

foxglove flowers is best known as the discovery of William Withering, an 18th century English country doctor. Curious about the formula of a local herbalist, he explored the plant's potential medical use. His work led to the production of the heart medication we know today
The stately spires of foxgloves brighten up roadsides and field edges in early summer. 'foxglove flowers' occurs in a manuscript dated to 1000 AD, and is derived from 'fox' and 'glove' according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which notes that the plant is called 'fox bell' in Norway.1967 All-America Selections Winner! Perennial. Digitalis purpurea. Plant produces colorful blossoms of white, cream, yellow, and pink flowers. This perennial blooms from early spring to early summer. Plant Height: 18" to 36" tall.

foxglove flowers

foxglove flowers plants are tall and slender in shapes they grow 2 to 5 feet high many flowers bloom on a spike. they have a colour range from white to purple. foxglove flower bloom in summer season.

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foxglove flowers

foxglove flowers

Foxgloves contain digitalin, one of whose effects is to make the heart muscle pump harder - potentially useful in cases of congestive heart failure, but fatal in overdose.Why the plant should be associated with foxes is mysterious, though there is a rather charming Scandinavian story that foxes were told by wicked fairies to wear the flowers on their feet so they could creep up silently on chicken coops. Foxgloves are associated with magic and supernatural beings, usually not of the benevolent kind, with names such as "witches' gloves", "dead men's bells", "dead men's fingers", "fairy thimbles" (Pollington 2000).