
Digitalis, the heart medicine, comes from Foxglove, or as the Latin-spouting gardeners say, 
Digitalis purpurea. But I didn't know the Foxglove flower has, for centuries, symbolized
 deceit.  Makes sense, though.
Deceit + 
Digitalis purpurea = cheatin' heart.
Here's a hilarious guide by illustrator Jason Logan on the 
modern meanings of our posies.
 
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