With its tall spikes of purple, pink, or white bell-shaped flowers, common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) has been a popular addition to flower beds for years. But the European native can spread ...

Withering gave him a decoction of the leaves of Digitalis purpurea, which made him very sick for several days, “during which time he made a large quantity of water.” His breath improved, his belly ...

Old Mother Hutton accordingly survives in the annals of the foxglove, a tribute to the ad man’s art. Digitalis purpurea, an unknown Shropshire herb-woman, Birmingham General, a sick Oxford College ...