Digitalis obscura drug digitalis. Its strikingly distinctive amber- to copper-colored flowers give the species its name and help distinguish it from other members of the genus. "Digitalis obscura" is native to eastern to southern Spain and northern Africa. It occurs in both the mountains and the lowlands near the coast. However, it can be grown in many non-native areas as an ornamental plant. "Digitalis obscura" naturally grows well in dry climates and in high altitudes. Unlike many other foxgloves, it is drought-tolerant when it is deeply rooted and established. It thrives in average, well-drained soil with pH levels of 5.8–7.2. It may
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