Digitalis lutea
Digitalis lutea is a herbaceous species of the family Scrophulariaceae, with flowers that resembles the shape of a thimble.
It is a hardy perennial, erected, 50-90 cm long. It grows in woods with beech trees, along the sub-mountain area (from 600-700 to 1400-1500 meters). It is an endemic plant of Italy, it can be found in wide areas of the Province of Salerno, in the Amalfi Coast, in the Vallone Porto and in Cilento. It has pointed leaves, slightly toothed, hairless and very beautiful flowers.
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Notes
"Le piante medicinali", di Roberto Michele Suozzi, Newton&Compton, Roma, 1994, pag.70
"La ricerca di nuovi farmaci con metodi etnobotanici", di Paul Alan Cox, pubbl. su "Le Scienze (Scientific American)", num.312, ago.1994 pag.62-68