Digitalis canariensis cm large flowers with short petals and noticeable upper lip and lower lip. Bird pollination was documented (island populations of "Phylloscopus"-species). The fruit is a capsule. "Digitalis canariensis" contains cardenolids (cardiac glycosids), which are toxic in the case of an overdose. Medical use is documented (primarily historic). For reasons of species conservation it is to refrain to influence wild stocks. "Digitalis canariensis" is endemic to the Canary Islands. It grows in woody areas (laurel forest, "Erica arborea"-covered woods) of Tenerife, La Gomera and La Palma. Digitalis canariensis Digitalis canariensis is a member of the genus "Digitalis". It is commonly called
Orazio Comes experimentation in that sector. In 1958 the museum of the botanical institute of Portici, hosted in the Royal Palace, was named after him. Orazio Comes Orazio Comes (11 November 1848 – 13 October 1917) was an Italian botanist. From 1906 to 1917 he directed the Agricultural Higher Institute of Portici, in which, thanks to Vincenzo de Cesati, he begun teaching since 1877 as assistant of Nicola Pedicino for the chair of botany, to whom he succeeded in 1880. In his works he studied the physiology and plant pathology of Neapolitan mushrooms and agricultural plants, such as beans and tobacco. From