I've never known a Datura to have a storage root either - maybe one of the odder Mexican types, but not that I have heard of. I'd like to see pictures as well! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thesilentseed.com, rare and unusual plants from around the world tylus_seklos@aol.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Aad van Beek <avbeek1@hotmail.com> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Sun, Dec 29, 2013 3:16 pm Subject: Re: [pbs] Onward through the fog! - More Drivel and Trivia :-) Leo wrote > We have several bulbs in the lower Sonoran Desert, including what we know as > Dichelostemma pulchellum, as well as Hesperocallis undulata. There are also Asclepias > and Datura species with undergound storage organs. Datura are mostly annuals and some of them can become very weedy. Never seen a datura with underground storage organ. Do you have a name and picture of such a datura. Aad