Irish wildflowers sitemap
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Foxglove Spikes of purple, bell-shaped flowers with spotted throats. Sometimes white. Basal rosette of soft leaves, grey-felted beneath. Unstalked upper leaves. Erect stem, secondary flower spikes from lower leaf axils. Height: 60-180 cm Woodland, heaths, roadsides, gardens. Prefers acidic ground. Frequent, locally abundant except central Ireland. Fairy Foxglove, Erinus alpinus. Small perennial, hairy spoon-shaped leaves. Bright pink-purple flowers. Sometimes naturalised on stony ground or walls. Introduced. 
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