noun
Botanical term for a horizontal stem that grows along the ground and produces new plants at its nodes. Common examples include strawberry runners.
イチゴは匍匐茎で増える。
Strawberries propagate by runners.
匍匐茎を切って新しい株を作る。
Cut the stolon to make a new plant.
Synonymous botanical term for stolon, less common than 匍匐茎.
Compound of 匍匐 (ほふく, 'crawling') and 茎 (けい, 'stem'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a straightforward descriptive compound in botanical Japanese.