Stolonifera
/stoh-lon-IH-fer-a/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: stolonifer, stoloniferum
A morphological epithet indicating the plant produces stolons — horizontal stems that run along or just below the soil surface and produce new plants at their nodes. Stoloniferous plants can spread rapidly to form ground-covering colonies. Appears as stolonifera (feminine), stolonifer (masculine), or stoloniferum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin stolo/stolonis (a shoot, sucker) + ferre (to bear, to carry).
Example
“Cornus stolonifera (red-twig dogwood) spreads by stolons to form thickets, and Saxifraga stolonifera (strawberry saxifrage) sends out long runners that root to create new plantlets.”