Wednesday, 10 June 2026

WW: Stabilising Digitalis



(Foxglove [Digitalis purpurea] is a common weed of the North Pacific slope. While non-native, and virulently poisonous if eaten, it's generally escaped the "invasive" label. I'm not entirely sure why, but it probably has much to do with the fact that it has a pronounced tendency to colonise poor, erosion-prone soil snubbed by other plants. This landslide site in the bluffs above the beach is a good example.

That, and its singular beauty, may have earned
Digitalis a measure of tacit support here.)

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