Class 11 Biology - Chapter Morphology of Flowering Plants NCERT Solutions | Stolon, offset and rhizome are different

Stolon

Offsets

Rhizome

• Stolon is a type of creepers (weak stemmed plants).
• These are the special types of runners which initially grow in upward direction like ordinary branches and then bent down to develop new plants.  
• Example: Strawberry (Fragaria vesica)

• Offsets is a type of creepers (weak stemmed plants).
• Offsets are one internode condensed runners usually found in rosette plants.
• Each offset produces at its apex a tuft of leaves above and a cluster of roots below.
• Example: Eichhornia (water hyacinth)

• Underground stems growing parallel or below to soil surface is called Rhizome.
• Most of the rhizomes are fleshy and store reserve food materials.
• They are differentiated into nodes and internodes.
• Nodes bear brown scale leaves which protects axillary buds.
• It helps in vegetative propagation.
• Example: Rhizome of Zingiber officinale (ginger)