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Foxglove and ferns in New Hampshire.
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[ Post a Comment ]| Alpinist | Great shot! | | 
Voted 10/10 | ... | | Posted Dec 5, 2006 4:12 am |
 | | sunfish | Re: Great shot! | | 
Hasn't voted | Thank you. | | Posted Dec 5, 2006 11:36 am |
| nartreb | very nice | | 
Voted 10/10 | Also very toxic...
| | Posted Dec 5, 2006 8:32 pm |
| | sunfish | Re: very nice | |
Hasn't voted | So no more garnish, I suppose. How about the pink ones? | | Posted Dec 6, 2006 11:58 am |
| | nartreb | Re: very nice | |
Voted 10/10 | Flower color is not a good identifier of distinct species, and the whole genus is toxic. My guess (based on purple spots and lack of hair) is that this is a pale variant of D. purpurea which, as the name implies, is usually pinkish-purplish.
See http://www.alchemy-works.com/digitalis.html
which claims that the white variety is less poisonous than the purple variety, but since they also say the lethal dose is two grams (undried weight), I think it's the difference between "dead" and "very dead".
| | Posted Dec 6, 2006 3:03 pm |
| Chaser | incredible | | 
Voted 10/10 | You have the most impressive photography I have yet seen. Do you sell prints? | | Posted Dec 11, 2006 2:28 am |
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