Stolon

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Silverweed (Argentina anserina) picture showing red stolons.

A stolon, commonly referred to as a runner, is an aerial shoot from a plant with the ability to produce adventitious roots and new offshoots of the same plant.

The complex formed by a mother plant and all its offshoot connected by stolons are considered to form a single individual. A stolon is a plant propagation strategy akin to a rhizome.

Note that some species of crawling plants can also sprout adventitious roots, but these are not considered stoloniferous : a stolon is sprouted from an existing stem.

Examples of plants that extend through stolons include some species from the genera Argentina, Cynodon, Fragaria (strawberry), and Hieracium.

See also

• Root
• Vegetative reproduction

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