Stolon
（重定向自Sarment）
![Pingao (Ficinia spiralis) spreads by forming stolons in the sand.](/Images/godic/202502/09/RowOfPlants1228.JPG")
![Common Silverweed (Argentina anserina) picture showing red stolons.](/Images/godic/202502/09/Zilverschoon_plant_Potentilla_anserina1228.jpg")
![These stolons from the corm of a Crocosmia are stems that emerged from axillary buds at the nodes of the tunic leaves.](/Images/godic/202502/09/Corm_stolons56801228.jpg")
![The Cnidarian fish parasite Polypodium hydriforme has a stolon stage of interconnected medusoids](/Images/godic/202502/09/Polypodium_hydriforme_A1228.jpg")
In biology, stolons (from Latin stolō "branch"), also known as runners, are horizontal connections between organisms. They may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton; typically, animal stolons are external skeletons.