Foxglove

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Foxglove - Folk Names: Cow-Flop, Deadmen's Bells, Digitalis, Dog's Finger, Fairy Fingers, Fairy Petticoats, Fairy Thimbles, Fairy Weed, Floppy-Dock, Floptop, Folk's Gloves, Fox Bells, Foxes Glofa, The Great Herb, Lion's Mouth, Lusmore, Lus na mbau side (Irish Gaelic) Our Lady's Glove, Witches' Bells, & Witches' Thimbles. It's grown in the garden for protection of the garden as well as the home. In the past, housewives in Wales used the leaves of the foxglove to make a black dye, which they used to paint crossed lines on their cottage's stone floors. This was done to keep evil from entering the house. Foxglove is also poisonous, so don't take internally.
Gender is Feminine, Planet is Venus, Element is Water.

Selected Sources:
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
www.flickr.com
www.cornwallphotographersgallery.com