Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove) - Wales, UK

6/5/17 Near the Cross at Ffald-y-Brenin, Pontfaen,

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, SW Wales, UK

 6/6/17 Road from Ffald-y-Brenin to Jabes Vestry, Pontfaen, 
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, SW Wales

 6/6/17 Road from Ffald-y-Brenin to Jabes Vestry, Pontfaen, 
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, SW Wales

6/6/17 Road from Ffald-y-Brenin to Jabes Vestry, Pontfaen, 
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, SW Wales

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Foxglove

SPECIES: Digitalis purpurea

FAMILY: Plantaginaceae (Plantain Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 6/5/2017

LOCATION: Near the Cross at Ffald-y-Brenin, Pontfaen, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, SW Wales, UK

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From the Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora:

http://www.brc.ac.uk/plantatlas/plant/digitalis-purpurea 

A biennial or short-lived perennial, common on acidic soils in hedge banks, open woods and woodland clearings, on heath and moorland margins, river banks, montane rocky slopes, sea-cliffs, walls and waste land. It is often found in great abundance in disturbed or burnt areas, such as recently felled forestry plantations. 0-880 m (Mt Brandon, S. Kerry).

Status: Native