Foxglove-(Digitalis)

Can you give me the plant name and its latin designations. I wonder if its an orchid-type.

Ok Flavius, this is the Foxglove (common British name) a member of the Figwort family. Known as Digitalis purperea .It flowers in June-August and prefers open woodlands and waste land (so partly overlapping with the poppy which escaped from Roman garden cultivation). The plant is common in Europe.Its medicinal quality is centred on use for cardiac glycosides. It does have an orchid like appearence doesnt it? However it doesnt have any strong identifying odour and is a tough Temperate plant.

It is very poisinous (like Figwort itself) so must be handled with respect.

Purple! lol all of the foxglove I've encountered to date has been white or a soft pinkish color...that vibrant purple is new to me. Sure is pretty though

Purple! lol all of the foxglove I've encountered to date has been white or a soft pinkish color...that vibrant purple is new to me. Sure is pretty though

please note the spots inside each "glove" this is where the elves are said to have touched the flowers-lot of elves about obviously,fingerprints everywhere.