Dear Dennis; Nelumbo lutea is a perennial rhizomatous aquatic herb The rhizome is cylindrical, spongy, wide spreading and swollen. Family Nelumbonaceae. It is more correctly a hydrophyte. Geophytes, strictly speaking are below ground, not water. Cheers, John E. Bryan Dennis Kramb wrote: > > Does Nelumbo lutea classify as a geophyte? > > Dennis in Cincinnati > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php