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 .

See also

• Root
• vegetative reproduction