Digitalis is also known a Foxglove, Dead Man's Bells, Witches Fingers, Goblin Gloves, and lus na mban sidhe (plant of the fairy women). In Medieval Europe, it was associated with death and magic. Eating this plant can cause heart failure, but it is also used in a modern heart drug.

Digitalis is native to western and southwestern Europe, western and central Asia, Australasia, and northwestern Africa. The flowers are on tall spikes, appear tubular, and vary in colour from purple to pink, white, and yellow. It is a biennial plant that is grown as an ornamental plant due to its range of flower colours. It thrives in acidic soil, in partial sunlight to deep shade. It is found in open woods, woodland clearings, moorlands and heaths, sea cliffs, rocky mountain slopes, and hedges. It is usually found on sites where the ground has been disturbed, such as recently cleared woodland or where the vegetation has been burned.

Digitalis is used to control the heart rate, for congestive heart failure, and atrial fibrillation. Digitalis is used in potion-making and is an essential ingredient in the preparation of the Pompion Potion.

The entire plant is toxic. Drying does not reduce the toxicity of the plant. This plant is toxic to animals. Vincent van Gogh's "Yellow Period" may have been influenced by digitalis therapy which, at the time, was thought to control seizures.

You need to wear your dragonhide gloves when collecting the seeds. Place your seeds into a labelled plastic bag and place in a cool, dry area.