What flowers have the most petals? Buttercups, they have 12!
Most would say sunflowers, but each sunflower is a pseudanthium- many small flowers growing so it looks like one big flower! (I know this isn’t a sunflower OR a buttercup, but I just learned that & so I had to share!)
Medically, it’s a source of digitalin, used to treat heart conditions. Due to the contained cardiac glycosides, all parts must be considered toxic.
“Digitalis” is from Latin “digitus,” meaning “finger,” for its shape.
Folklore has it that foxes wore the flowers as gloves. The name may also come from “folk’s glove,” referring to fairy folk. In various European folklore, it is associated with fairies.