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A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant, the other being the root. It supports leaves , flowers and fruits , transports water and dissolved substances between the roots and the shoots in the xylem and phloem , engages in photosynthesis, stores nutrients, and produces new living tissue. [ 1 ]
[3] [2] Each primary Kyuranger carries a Seiza Blaster (セイザブラスター, Seiza Burasutā, Constellation Blaster) gauntlet, which they can use to transform, access their Kyutamas' power, [2] [4] and perform the All-Star Crash (オールスタークラッシュ, Ōru Sutā Kurasshu), Kyuren All-Star Crash (キ ...
A geophyte (earth+plant) is a plant with an underground storage organ including true bulbs, corms, tubers, tuberous roots, enlarged hypocotyls, and rhizomes. Most plants with underground stems are geophytes but not all plants that are geophytes have underground stems. Geophytes are often physiologically active even when they lack leaves.
Parenchyma is a versatile ground tissue that generally constitutes the "filler" tissue in soft parts of plants. It forms, among other things, the cortex (outer region) and pith (central region) of stems, the cortex of roots, the mesophyll of leaves, the pulp of fruits, and the endosperm of seeds.
While leaves and stems of perennial herbs die down at the end of the growing season the root often persists for many years or even the entire life. [1] Perennial herb species belonging to the dicotyledon group (also known as perennial forbs ) are characterized by secondary growth , which shows as a new growth ring added each year to persistent ...
There are also many wild edible plant stems. In North America, these include the shoots of woodsorrel (usually eaten along with the leaves), chickweeds, galinsoga, common purslane, Japanese knotweed, winter cress and other wild mustards, thistles (de-thorned), stinging nettles (cooked), bellworts, violets, amaranth and slippery elm, among many others.
Eclipta prostrata, the false daisy, [3] is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of the world. [4] [5] [6] This plant has cylindrical, grayish roots. Solid, circular, purplish stems with white fine hairs 0.8m. Leaves arranged in opposite pairs, hairy in two-sided, lanceolate, serrated 2–12.5 cm long, 5-35 ...
Dendrobium is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is a very large genus, containing more than 1,800 species that are found in diverse habitats throughout much of south, east and southeast Asia, including China, Japan, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea, Vietnam and many of the islands of the Pacific.