Monday, May 24, 2010

Tommy says he isn't familiar with Foxgloves....

So for Tommy, here's a close-up of them from the other image. These are called 'Foxglove' I think because the flowers look something like the fingers of a glove, if you cut them off a glove where they would join the palm part. The insides of these flowers have different coloured spots around the tube-like flower, and this plant is the source of the drug Digitalis, so don't put it in your salad. It grows in many places around the world. The stems grow tall, like a Hollyhock, but with tubular flowers, instead of the more open kind on a Hollyhock.


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2 comments:

  1. Now I know what a Foxglove is...thanks Ray

    Of course, I won't venture into why it's called a Foxglove. As far as I know, foxes don't wear gloves :-)

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  2. @ Tommy:

    "As far as I know, foxes don't wear gloves..."

    You obviously haven't been hanging around with the right foxes!

    Better luck from now on....

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