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Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea
not native

Big, usually biennial herb. Tall spike of large, cascading, pink to white, 2 lipped, tubular flowers. 2-6 feet tall.

Leaves alternate, egg to lance shaped, coarsely toothed, green and soft hairy above, green woolly below, narrowed to a winged stalk, 6-16 inches long. Biggest and most numerous at the base, reduced in size upwards.

 
More information can be found on the web at Herbal Dave's and  Time Life  

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