Botanist and noted authority on plant-lore
Albert Roy Vickery quotes an informant from the town of
Hexham thus: Fairy foxglove is a small, purple flower which grows intermittently on stone walls in north-east England. Local tradition says that it only grows where
Roman soldiers have trod. And certainly it is to be found in the village of
Wall (which is, of course, located near
Hadrian's Wall in
Northumberland). ==Gallery==