Digitalis nervosa

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Digitalis nervosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Digitalis
Species:
D. nervosa
Binomial name
Digitalis nervosa
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Digitalis laevigata C.A.Mey.
  • Digitalis nervosa Steud. & Hochst.

Digitalis nervosa is a species of flowering plant in family Plantaginaceae. It is native to the Caucasus down to north western and northern Iran.[3]

Description[edit]

Digitalis nervosa are perennials from a woody rootstock, generally producing a single stem 30 to 80 cm tall with hairless (glabrous) foliage. The rosette leaves are entire, sessile, oblong-lanceolate in shape and 10 to 20 cm (sometimes to 30 cm) long and 2.5 to 5 cm (sometimes to 7 cm) wide. The leaves of the stem are sparsely distributed and 4 to 12 cm long. The flowers are 10 to 30 mm (sometimes to 50 mm) long, produced in a raceme. The corolla is coloured light brown to yellow, its shape is short-campanulate (bell) with slightly inflated tubes, and there are glandular hairs along the margins. The filaments and pistil are hairless and the same length as the corolla tube, the anthers slightly surpass the tube on mature flowers. The fruits are a capsule 9 to 12mm long, ovate shaped with divergent lobes.[4]

Ecology[edit]

In the wild Digitalis nervosa flowers in July and August. This species is found growing in broad-leafed forests.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Digitalis nervosa". International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Digitalis nervosa Steud. & Hochst".
  3. ^ a b "Digitalis nervosa Steud. & Hochst. ex Benth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b Ivanina, L. I. (1997) [1955]. Schischkin, B. K.; Bobrov, E. G. (eds.). Flora of the U.S.S.R. Vol. 22. Translated by Bakaya, Kamal. Springfield, Va.: Israel Program for Scientific Translations. pp. 460–461.