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Herbarium specimen: Digitalis purpurea

Taxon:Scrophulariaceae: Digitalis purpurea L. ("Foxglove")
Filed in taxon folder:Scrophulariaceae: Digitalis purpurea L. ("Foxglove")
Collected by:William Bertram Turrill
Collection date:20/6/1935
Locality:Cultivated Great Britain, VC17 Surrey, Kew, TQ17, cultivated in the Herbarium Ground, R.B.G.K. Cultivated from seeds collected on 22/7/1932 at Nanjizal, near Land's End, West Cornwall
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K001011666
Image:
© Kew
Digitalis purpurea herbarium specimen from Kew, VC17 Surrey in 1935 by William Bertram Turrill.
collector's number:K.1154
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Dark purple flowers, breeding true to this colour

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+Digitalis purpureaGB, VC17 Surrey, Kew CultivatedWilliam Bertram Turrill20/6/1935K
+Digitalis purpureaGB, VC17 Surrey, Kew Gardens CultivatedWilliam Bertram Turrill20/6/1935K

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Documented by wshuff on 13th February 2014.

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