Ficinia spiralis
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Ficinia spiralis is a coastal sedge endemic to New Zealand. Originally widespread, it has suffered severely from competition with introduced marram grass and animal grazing and now has only a patchy distribution.
Pīngao seed heads and bracts
Pīngao growing at Waitutu Beach, Fiordland National Park
Stolon
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In biology, stolons, also known as runners, are horizontal connections between parts of an organism. They may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton. Typically, animal stolons are exoskeletons.
Ficinia spiralis (pīngao) spreads by forming stolons in the sand.
Argentina anserina (common silverweed) showing red stolons
These stolons from the corm of a Crocosmia are stems that emerged from axillary buds at the nodes of the tunic leaves.
'Lipstick' hybrid strawberry (Comarum palustre × Fragaria × ananassa) growing new plants using vegetative propagation along stolons.