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Digitalis purpurea

toxic flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae
Taxon taxon Q157555
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Summary

Digitalis purpurea is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,373 views/month, #796 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Poisonous Plant of the Year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Digitalis[5]
  • Taxon name: Digitalis purpurea[6]
  • Subclass of: herbaceous plant[7], biennial plant[8], poisonous plant[9]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[10]
  • Commons category: Digitalis purpurea[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Digitalis purpurea[12]
  • Commons gallery: Digitalis purpurea[13]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[14]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(2)[15]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=13986[16]
  • Short name: D. purpurea[17]
  • Taxon common name: Foxglove[18], Roter Fingerhut[19], Dedalera común[20], قمعية أرجوانية[21], Purpur üskükotu[22], Didalera[23], Didals[24], Digital purpúria[25], Digital[26], Arba ditali[27], Erba ditale[28], náprstník červený[29], Bysedd Cochion[30], Bysedd y cwn[31]

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Identifiers

Digitalis purpurea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4164[32]. Digitalis purpurea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 578392[33]. Digitalis purpurea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5414995[34]. Digitalis purpurea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 33585[35].

Why It Matters

Digitalis purpurea has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 138 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

FAQs

What awards did Digitalis purpurea receive?

Honors received include Poisonous Plant of the Year[3].

Related Entities

Beijing Myanmar People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → digitalis-purpurea
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  2. 7w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Apni id → 104305, 442928
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Apni id: 442928, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269298|batch #269298]]"
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