Foxglove Flower Dangerous. Poisoning may also occur from taking more than the recommended amounts of medicines made from foxglove. Digitalis comes from the Latin word for finger digitus referring to the shape of the flower.
When someone eats part of this attractive plants or sucks on the flowers the glycosides affect cardiac function causing an irregular heartbeat. Aug 20 2019 A North American native foxglove beardtongue Penstemon digitalis resembles foxgloves but is not poisonous. The seeds stems flowers and leaves of the foxglove plant are poisonous.
Foxglove also has a dry fruit containing many seeds.
They have to protect themslves someway Ive grown foxgloves for years as well as other so called poisonous plants. Feb 27 2018 Foxgloves belonging to Digitalis species are bright flowering plants found all over Europe Asia and parts of Africa. This article is for information only. The direct toxicity of the plant.