Prostrate

Prostrate [ Botany ]	Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names
Synonyms: Prone, Decumbent, Procumbent, Recumbent, Reclining, Flat, Creeping

The habit of a plant that tends to grow along the ground rather than upright.

The 'creeping devil' (Macharocereus eruca) a prostrate cactus growing horizontally on the ground.

Stretched out and lying flat at full length along the surface of the ground

The creeping stems of
Huernia humilis

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