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Of
plant habit,
without any above-ground stem except for an
inflorescence axis. A
plant that
lacks an aerial
stem or having
a very short stem or
trunk which
does not appear above ground, though there may be an
underground
stem (rhizome,
tuber, etc.).
Refers to plants that have no a central stem or only a very
short stem so that , where present, all the
leaves and
inflorescence are
clustered at or near the
base of the
plant at
ground level. The
flower may
be on an erect
peduncle but this will have no real leaves.
cf.
Caulescent
Left: A stemless plant of
Aloe saponaria
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