The beautiful Digitalis purpurea - common Foxglove
~ ☠️ toxic ~
This stunning flower has been historically used medicinally as treatment for things like epilepsy, coughs, and heart problems. It is a source of digitoxin which has applicability for heart conditions and was widely grown for this purpose in WW2 due to drug shortages!
It’s also an important pollinator, and you’ll often see bees flitting in and out. 🐝
It is however toxic in its entirety and enough of it can be fatal - this applies to other animals like cats/dogs. Thankfully it’s rather bitter so poisonings are not very common.