Question

Defferenciate between Runner and rhizome

Answer 1

Runner:

*SUB ARIEAL STEM (moves around the surface of soil)

*they move close to ground

*have more than one node

*ex grass

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Rhizome:

*UNDERGROUND STEM (stays completely in soil)

*they give rise to adventicious roots

*ex turmeric or ginger

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Answer 2

Answer:

the stolon a horizontal connection between organism . in plant these are stem that grow at the soil surface or just below and are also known as Runner

• a rhizome is the stem of a plant underground that send out root and shoot from its nodes
• example ginger plant, iris, canna lily