Royal Catchfly
(Federally endangered in Illinois, Global ranking G3)

Silene regia

Watercolor on paper
16-4/3”(H)x11”(W)

This will be exhibited at the American Society of Botanical Artists’ traveling exhibition “Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World”. The exhibition will open in October, 2009, at the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO and will travel to: Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL, January – April 2010, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, May – July 2010, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, opens August 2010.