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[[Image:Zilverschoon_plant_Potentilla_anserina.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[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 [[clone]]s of the same plant. Such plants are called stoloniferous. A stolon is a [[plant propagation]] strategy akin to a [[rhizome]]. The complex formed by a mother plant and all its clones connected by stolons is considered to form a single individual.
Some [[species]] of crawling plants can also sprout adventitious roots, but are not considered stoloniferous : a stolon is sprouted from an existing stem and can produce a full individual. Examples of plants that extend through stolons include some species from the [[Genus|genera]] ''[[Argentina (plant)|Argentina]]'', ''[[Cynodon]]'', ''[[strawberry|Fragaria]] (strawberry)'', and ''[[Pilosella]]'' (Formerly ''[[Hieracium]]'').
In potatoes, the stolons start to grow within 10 days of plants emerging above ground, with [[tubers]] usually beginning to form on the end of the stolons.
==Mycology==
In mycology, a stolon is defined as an occasionally septate [[hyphae]], which connect [[sporangiophores]] together. Rootlike structures called [[rhizoids]] may appear on the stolon as well, anchoring the hyphae to the [[Substrate (biology)|substrate]].
==See also==
*[[Root]]
*[[Vegetative reproduction]]
[[Category:Plant morphology]]
[[Category:Plant reproduction]]
A '''stolon''', commonly referred to as a '''runner''', is an aerial shoot from a [[plant]] with the ability to produce [[adventitious roots]] and new [[clone]]s of the same plant. Such plants are called stoloniferous. A stolon is a [[plant propagation]] strategy akin to a [[rhizome]]. The complex formed by a mother plant and all its clones connected by stolons is considered to form a single individual.
Some [[species]] of crawling plants can also sprout adventitious roots, but are not considered stoloniferous : a stolon is sprouted from an existing stem and can produce a full individual. Examples of plants that extend through stolons include some species from the [[Genus|genera]] ''[[Argentina (plant)|Argentina]]'', ''[[Cynodon]]'', ''[[strawberry|Fragaria]] (strawberry)'', and ''[[Pilosella]]'' (Formerly ''[[Hieracium]]'').
In potatoes, the stolons start to grow within 10 days of plants emerging above ground, with [[tubers]] usually beginning to form on the end of the stolons.
==Mycology==
In mycology, a stolon is defined as an occasionally septate [[hyphae]], which connect [[sporangiophores]] together. Rootlike structures called [[rhizoids]] may appear on the stolon as well, anchoring the hyphae to the [[Substrate (biology)|substrate]].
==See also==
*[[Root]]
*[[Vegetative reproduction]]
[[Category:Plant morphology]]
[[Category:Plant reproduction]]
