- In botany, a
perennial plant or
simply perennial is a
plant that
lives more than two years. The term (per- + -ennial, "through the years") is
often used...
- such as
drought or
winter cold. It
typically involves development of a
perennating organ,
which stores enough nutrients to
sustain the
organism during the...
- heat, lack of
light or drought).
Storage organs may act as
perennating organs ('
perennating' as in perennial,
meaning "through the year", used in the sense...
- and
Sagittaria (arrowhead) species.[citation needed] Root
tubers are
perennating organs,
thickened roots that
store nutrients over
periods when the plant...
- go into
vegetative dormancy at the end of the
growing period,
forming perennating buds with the
shortening photoperiod.
Seedling establishment is very...
- gr****land. The
bulbous buttercup gets its name from its
distinctive perennating organ, a bulb-like
swollen underground stem or corm,
which is situated...
- buds on
persistent shoots near the
ground –
usually woody plants with
perennating buds
borne close to the ground,
usually less than 25
centimetres (9.8 in)...
-
extensive fibrous root
system to
absorb water; and the
ability to
develop perennating organs such as corms,
rhizomes and
bulbs to
store food and
water for...
- pubescens; Ixonanthaceae, Sterculiaceae), and may also be
found protecting perennating organs such as
tubers and
corms (e.g.
Dioscorea prehensilis -Dioscoreaceae-...
-
mostly found in the Americas. Some form
tuberous roots that
enable them to
perennate through dry and cool seasons. They have small,
often fragrant, deep-throated...
