Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Digitalis pupurea L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Digitalis tomentosa Link et Hoffmann

Common names:

American foxglove (1876) (92)

Common foxglove (1923-1949) (109, 138)

Cottagers (1903) (5, 69)

Dead-men's-bells [Dead men's bells] (1876) (92)

Digitalis (1902) (54, 55, 59, 60)

Dog's-finger [Dog's finger, Dogs' finger] (1876?-1913) (5, 69, 92)

Fairy bells (1903-1923) (5, 69, 156)

Fairy cap (1903-1923) (5, 69, 156)

Fairy fingers (1876-1913) (5, 69, 92)

Fairy gloves [Fairy glove, Fairy's glove] (1898-1923) (5, 92, 156)

Fairy thimbles (1903-1913) (5, 69)

Fairy weed (1913) (5)

Finger flower (1876-1904) (69, 92)

Flapdock (1904) (69)

Flopdock (1904) (69)

Folk's glove (1876-1923) (5, 92, 156)

Foxglove [Fox glove] (1840-1939) (4, 19, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 60, 61, 69, 82, 92, 106, 148, 156)

Lady fingers [Ladyfingers] (1903-1913) (5, 69)

Lady's-glove [Lady glove, Lady's glove, Ladies' glove] (1876?-1913) (5, 69, 92)

Lady's-thimble [Lady's thimble, Lady's thimbles, Lady thimble] (1904-1923) (5, 69, 156)

Lion's-mouth [Lion's mouth] (1903-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 69, 156)

Pop glove (1913) (5)

Popdock [Pop dock, Pop-dock] (1903-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 69, 156)

Purple foxglove (1876-Present) (5, 49, 50, 53, 60, 69, 92)

Rabbit's-flower [Rabbit-flower, Rabbit's flower] (1903-1923) (5, 69, 156)

Scotch mercury (1903-1913) (5, 69)

Thimbles (1903-1923) (5, 69, 156)

Throatwort [Throat wort] (1903-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 69, 156)

Witches thimbles [Witches' thimbles] (1913-1923) (5, 156)