Digitalis purpurea

Species category

Flower, Weed

Common name

purple foxglove

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

OvalOval:
Broadly elliptic.
or cylindrical

Size

  • Length 0.8–1 mm
  • Width 0.5–0.8 mm
  • Thickness 0.5–0.8 mm

Color

Light brown

Texture

Deeply reticulatedReticulated:
Resembling a net or network, especially having veins, fibers, or lines crossing the surface.  

Other structures

Rounded ends

Identification notes

Reticulations give the surface a honeycomb effect.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Scrophulariaceae

Valid name

Digitalis purpurea L.

 Digitalis purpurea.  Seeds with reticulations that give the surface a honeycomb effect.
Digitalis purpurea. Seeds with reticulations that give the surface a honeycomb effect.