Introduction: Purple foxglove, commonly known as foxglove, is one of the deadliest yet most medicinal plants in our world. This flowering plant is widespread and is found throughout much of temperate Europe and some parts of North America. Although the leaves, flowers and seeds are all poisonous to us and other animals, compounds were extracted from the species that are used in heart medicines and other medicinal products that we still use today. Foxglove can grow in very little soil and is often found in many cracks and crevices, making it a very common and recognizable plant species (Royal Botanic Gardens, 2011). Description: Digitalis purpurea is a biennial plant, meaning it only lives for two years, after which it dies and reproduces (Cornell, 2014). It has soft, pubescent, ovate to lanceolate leaves that form a basal rosette. During the first year of growth the plant forms a basal rosette and does not mature until the following year's growth cycle (Cornell, 2014). During the second year of growth, a flowering stem that can reach 3-6 feet tall begins to grow on foxglove (Cornell, 2014). The flowers form a spike growing from the stem and can bear up to 20 flowers on each stem. Each flower is approximately 2 inches and is bilaterally symmetrical and available in a wide variety of colors such as; purple, lavender, pink, yellow and white (Brun, 2014). Each flower has five petals fused into a coronal tube. The flowers hang in a drooping fashion and come off only one side of the stem and last about four weeks. Digitalis is extremely poisonous and is lethal if ingested; all parts of the plant are toxic including; roots, stems, flowers, leaves and so on. Even though every part of this plant is toxic, it is... middle of the paper... SAVE THE FOX GLOVE. University of Southern California, January 1, 2011. Web. April 23, 2014. .Patil, JG, ML Ahire, KM Nitnaware, S Panda, VP Bhatt, PB Kishor, and TD Nikam. “In vitro propagation and production of cardiotonic glycosides in Digitalis Purpurea L. shoot cultures by precursor elicitation and feeding.” Applied microbiology and biotechnology. 97.6 (2013): 2379-93. Print.López-Lázaro, M, De LPN Palma, N Pastor, C Martín-Cordero, E Navarro, F Cortés, MJ Ayuso and MV Toro. "Antitumor activity of Digitalis Purpurea L. Subsp. Heywoodii."Planta Medica. 69.8 (2003): 701-4. Print.Klein, Carol. “How to Grow: Digital.” The telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, 18 May 2002. Web. 23 April. 2014. .