Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea
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Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea
Image: © Tony Atkin Taken: 29 May 2006
This poisonous but medicinally useful plant is a very common wayside plant in Cornwall. It is late May and the foxglove flower stalks are just beginning to show themselves on the roadsides.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.192143
Longitude
-5.309182