Common Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, is an herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial from Western Europe in the plantain family that grows in woodland clearings, on mountainsides, and especially on disturbed sites, and is also used as a garden ornamental. 

The plant produces an upright flower stem with smaller leaves from the center of the basal clump that bloom in early summer. The spikes normally grow 3 to 4 feet tall, with the individual flowers opening progressively up the elongated, terminal cluster. The species usually has a one-sided raceme with 20-80 flowers, but improved cultivars often have flowers surrounding the stem.