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Stolon
A stolon 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 it's offshoot connected by stolons are considered to form a single individual. A stolon is a 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.
Exemples of plants that extend through stolons include some species from the Fragaria and Hieracium Geni, Silverweed and Bermudagrass .
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