Stolon facts for kids
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
