Stolon
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In biology, a stolon, also known as a runner, is a horizontal connection between parts of an organism. It 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
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 d
Stolon
…Ficinia spiralis (pīngao) spreads by forming stolons in the sand. Argentina anserina (common silverweed) showing red stolons In biology, a stolon ( from Latin stolō…
Pingao Tauperikaka
1895 botanical illustration by Sydney Parkinson
Pīngao growing at Waitutu Beach, Fiordland National Park
A katipō spider living in pīngao