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erect stem

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erect stem [i′rekt ′stem]
(botany)
A stem that stands, having a vertical or upright habit.


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Aster species can be found as low growing mound forming plants such as aster alpinus - in contrast, aster x frikartii with its tall erect stems can grow to 70cm.
You might also like to try some of the colourful annual hybrids of Impatiens Balsamina, the Garden Balsam, that produce an erect stem up to 75 cm (30") high with large clusters of pink, purple and white flowers.
LYCOPODIACEA Mirbel Plants terrestrial, on rocks or epiphytic; rhizomes normally present, erect stems simple or branched; leaves appressed to ascending or spreading; sporangia in strobili.
 
 
 
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