Torch Lily or Red Hot Poker - Botanical Art Challenge

Scientific Name: Kniphofia uvaria (L.) Hooker; Synonym: Tritoma uvaria; Family: Liliaceae

This lily can be seen across the United States in the summer. It is a native of South Africa, but it grows, now, in abundance on roadsides in the US in the summer. It is expecially hardy in the southwest.

This lily was the July Challenge for the Botanical Art Yahoo and Flickr groups.

This was drawn on regular moleskine using a Tech liner .03 pen with Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils.