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Trees- ShrubsIkarian Foxglove (Digitalis leucophaea icarica)
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Digitalis leucophaea icarica is a subspecies of D. leucophaea. It is a herbaceous plant of the Scrophulariaceae Family that can reach over 60 cm in height. D. leucophaea is similar to D. lanata except its bracts are linear (1). D. l. icarica has large, lanceolate shaped leaves that have many nerves (2). The flowers are yellow and either bell-shaped or cylindrical and they form clusters.
It is a perennial species that blooms from April to May (2).
It is also located in ravines, roadsides as well as in areas with garigue scrubland.
Like all the species that belong to the family Scrophulariaceae, Digitalis leucophaea can be found in temperate and northern hot regions (2). The subspecies D. l. icarica is native to Ikaria and thus has a really confined distribution (2).
There is no information concerning the conservation of this species (2).
Description translated by Anna Theodoridou (2009)
(1) Polunin.O. (1980) Flowers of Greece and the Balkans, Oxford University Press, Oxford
(2) http://users.uoa.gr/~kgeorghi/files/archimedflora.pdf [date accessed: 18/08/2009]
