Digitalis (3)
I know how much Lost Warrior likes bees -so -here is my closeup shot to show the mottling inside the Digitalis (foxglove) with a passing worker..
Previous blog and gallery entries relate to this plants use as a cardiac medicine in ancient and modern times (digoxin-as now is ) to slow the heart down and allow the valves to clear all fluid away and rest momentarily ..get it wrong of course and the heart is stopped.
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