Stolon facts for kids

stoloniferous growth by Eleocharis palustris

Small spider plants growing at the end of a stolon

Stolon is a term used often in botany. It describes a horizontal stem running across or just under the ground. A runner is a stolon which runs on the ground; a rhizome is the same thing, but running underground. Rhizome can be found in Ginger,Turmeric,Banana,Dryopteris

Plants with stolons or stolon-like rhizomes are called stoloniferous. A stolon is a plant propagation strategy. At nodes, rootlets are put down and new stems are put up. All these plant forms are clones from a single genetic individual.

Images for kids

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  Common Silverweed (Argentina anserina) picture showing red stolons.

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  These stolons from the corm of a Crocosmia are stems that emerged from axillary buds at the nodes of the tunic leaves.

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  The Cnidarian fish parasite Polypodium hydriforme has a stolon stage of interconnected medusoids

See also

In Spanish: Estolón para niños