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Official Record
Flora of Himachal Pradesh
Botanical name Digitalis  purpurea  Linn.
Synonyms          -----
Family Scrophulariaceae
Plant Stage Flowering
Place of collection Khazziar Road , Dalhousie
Altitude (m) -----
Date of Collection 11-06-1971
Accession No. 13569
Total Accessions 30
Shelf Placement Cup-Board No./ Pigeon hole No. 21/l , 21/m
Remarks: Herbaceous biennial plant. Leaves are spirally arranged, simple, 10-35 cm long and 5-12 cm broad, grey-green, downy, and with a finely toothed margin; they form a tight rosette at ground level in the first year. The flowering stem develops in the second year, typically 1 to 2 m tall, sometimes larger. Flowers bell-shaped and tubular, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches long, flattened above, inflated beneath, crimson outside above and paler beneath, the lower lip furnished with long hairs inside and marked with numerous dark crimson spots, each surrounded with a white border.
Identified by B.K.Kapahi
 
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