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Magnoliopsida
Digitalis purpurea L.
EOL Text
Usually biennial herb to c.1 m. Stems simple, erect. Leaves with a winged petiole. Flowers numerous, arranged in a raceme, pendent. Corolla 4-5 cm, usually pinkish-purple with deeper purple spots on a white background inside the lower part of the tube. Capsule ovoid.
Foodplant / spot causer
few, immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph of Ascochyta moelleriana causes spots on live leaf of Digitalis purpurea
Foodplant / parasite
acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph of Colletotrichum fuscum parasitises live, evenutally yellowish then brown leaf (esp basal) of Digitalis purpurea
Remarks: season: 10-11
Plant / associate
nymph of Dicyphus pallicornis is associated with live Digitalis purpurea
Remarks: season: 6,8-9
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Erythricium laetum is saprobic on dead stem of Digitalis purpurea
Foodplant / feeds on
larva of Napomyza scrophulariae feeds on Digitalis purpurea
Other: major host/prey
In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
sporangium of Peronospora digitalis parasitises live Digitalis purpurea
Foodplant / saprobe
erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph of Phomopsis digitalis is saprobic on dead stem of Digitalis purpurea
Remarks: season: 3
Foodplant / spot causer
pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph of Phyllosticta digitalis causes spots on leaf of Digitalis purpurea
Remarks: season: 8
Foodplant / saprobe
apothecium of Pyrenopeziza digitalina is saprobic on dead stem (near base) of Digitalis purpurea
Remarks: season: 4-7
Foodplant / spot causer
colony of Ramularia anamorph of Ramularia variabilis causes spots on live leaf of Digitalis purpurea
Foodplant / spot causer
minute, scattered pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph of Septoria digitalis causes spots on dying stem of Digitalis purpurea
Remarks: season: 7
purpurea: purple
Rare as an escape
"Notes: Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Cultivated / Escape, Native of Mediterranean Region"
Western Europe, from Norway south to Spain, and N Africa.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 9
Specimens with Barcodes: 16
Species With Barcodes: 1
Canada
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
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Rights holder/Author | NatureServe |
Source | http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Digitalis+purpurea |