Talk:Digitalis purpurea

I found a new version of Digitalis purpurea and I have documented the flower at: special version of Digitalis purpurea

Please let me know if I should add these pictures to the article.

Johannes.Richter (talk) 15:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I think this is a form of fasciation. If so, it is unlikely to recur. The picture may be appropriate in that article however. Imc (talk) 21:12, 19 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The picture shows an old cultivated form that was called Digitalis purpurea monstrosa, which was common a 100 years ago and the condition was consistently transmitted from one generation to the next. Hardyplants (talk) 20:27, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
 * A German company still sells seed of this form. It has one giant monster flower at the top of the inflorescence. Apparently it is caused by a simple recessive mutation, so it should breed true after a self-cross. It was possibly first documented in 1869 in the book Vegetable Teratology, although the picture looks different than the modern versions.

Context of image?
Does anyone know what the text "Giant flower (pseudo peloria)" means as the caption to one of the images in this article? I can't find any reference to it in the article, which inclines me to think that either the caption should be changed/improved/explained, or there should be some explanatory text included in the article, or the image and caption should be removed. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 09:30, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I think Floral symmetry might explain the context of the image. So maybe that will help to add some text. – anemone projectors – 10:41, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I've changed the caption and added a link to demystify it a bit, but wonder if such an image really belongs in the gallery section (as it's showing something non-typical, which may confuse people)? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 13:25, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I didn't even see the gallery! I would say put both images in the gallery (in fact the other one is already in the gallery as well). I think there are too many images there though, there's a link to Wikimedia Commons if people want more images. – anemone projectors – 13:42, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Reference which might be used
This book was used to source something at D. lanata, which it didn't contain. I added a link to the online version. Pg.s 103, 108, 111 & 162-167 contain bits about Digitalis breeding, harvesting, chemistry, et cetera, but nothing super useful. Should someone want to use it, however, I'm leaving it here. Leo Breman (talk) 20:22, 29 November 2020 (UTC)