{"id":12498,"date":"2020-03-05T10:27:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T10:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=12498"},"modified":"2023-02-15T07:17:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T07:17:20","slug":"stolon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/stolon\/","title":{"rendered":"Stolon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Stolon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Stolon-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>A stem that grows erect from the base of a plant and then curves over, touching the ground at the tip. It produces new plants from buds at its tip or nodes.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Vegetative shoot spreading along the surface of the ground and rooting at the nodes, where it may give rise to new plantlets;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>(In Cyperaceae) a thin underground branch arising from the rhizome or base of the culm, each stolon terminates in an aerial shoot.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The creeping stem of a rosetted or tufted plant, giving rise to another plant at its tip.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A horizontal stem that travels along the ground, rooting at nodes or tips to produce new plants.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A trailing runner or rootstock by which grasses may propagate.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A runner, not necessarily forming a new plant at its tip. Includes procumbent stems.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A slender, rapidly elongating rhizome, generally rooting only at long intervals. 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