Digitalis lanata
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The Digitalis lanata (also Woolly Foxglove or Grecian Foxglove[1]) is a species of foxglove that grows in Eastern Europe. The Digitalus lanata, like some other foxglove species, is highly toxic in all parts of the plant, making it completely inedible. It is in leaf all year, in flower in June and July, and the seeds ripen in early-mid September. The flowers are hermaphroditic (having both male and female organs). The flowers are also pollinated by bees. The Digitalis lanata is in the scrophulariaceae family and the digitalis genus. The plant commonly grows from 0.3 to 0.6 meters in height, or about 13 to 26 inches.
[edit] Commercial uses
Digoxin, a drug which is used to treat some heart conditions, is extracted from the leaves of Digitalis lanata.[2] [3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Wyk, Van, Ben-Erik and Michael Wink. Medicinal Plants of the World. City: Timber Press (OR), 2004.
- ^ Niazi, Sarfaraz. Handbook of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Formulations: Compressed Solid Products. Boca Raton: CRC, 2004.
- ^ Digoxin comes from Digitalis lanata. Hollman A. BMJ 1996;312:912. Online version accessed 18 November 2006.
