Good one. New to me like many others from Kashmir. Had never seen the yellow variety. Dr Phadke
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Digitalis grandiflora* Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8 4 corr. 1768. > syn: *Digitalis flava* Georgi; *D. ochroleuca* Jacq.; *D. ambigua* Murray > > Common name: Yellow foxglove, large yellow foxglove > > A perennial herb growing up to 1.5 m tall with ovate lanceolate finely > serrulate leaves and darker yellow 2.5-3.5 cm long bell-shaped flowers > specked with brown, carried on up to 60 cm long spikes. > > May sometimes be confused with D. lutea the Straw foxglove, which however > is shorter, with narrower leaves, pale yellow up to 2 cm long and narrower > flowers with tube almost of same breadth throughout. > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >
