stolon plant_anatomy estol&#243n (Spanish, exact) A branch (PO:0025073) that is prostrate or trailing, and produces adventitious nodal roots (PO:0003005) and sometimes erect shoots. ストロン、ほふく茎 (Japanese, exact) The stolon develops from an axillary bud (PO:0004709) and produces adventitious roots (PO:0003005) at the nodes and a terminal aerial stem. That stem then sends out one or more stolons from its axillary buds and the process is reiterated. Stolons may be above ground, as with strawberries, or below ground as in potatoes. PO_GIT:388 PO:0003024 runner (related) branch