''Digitalis'' × ''fulva'', the strawberry foxglove, is a fertile hybrid between '' Digitalis grandiflora'' and '' Digitalis purpurea''.

Description

This perennial herbaceous plant reaches an average a height of . The erect stems rise from a semi- evergreen basal rosette of soft leaves. It has typical tall spikes of large tubular flowers. The color ranges from strawberry pink (hence the common name) to mauve. The flowering period extends from late spring to early summer. It prefers neutral or mildly acidic substrate and rich, moist and regularly watered soil, in full sun or in partial shade. This plant, which is widely marketed in the UK under its synonym ''Digitalis'' × ''mertonensis'', has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's

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Synonyms

*''Digitalis fuscescens'' Kirschl., Prodr. Fl. Alsace 103. 1836, nom. illeg. non Waldst. & Kit. (1812). *''Digitalis kotukovii'' Ivanina, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 225. 1955, sine descr. lat. *''Digitalis'' × ''mertonensis'' B.H.Buxton & C.D.Darl., Nature 127: 94. 1931. *''Digitalis obtusa'' Moench, Methodus (Moench) 443. 1794. *''Digitalis purpureoides'' H.Lév., Bull. Géogr. Bot., sér. 4, 25 : 65, nom. illeg.

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