decumbent

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Most arrived more or less by acceptable means, but the suburban affliction defined as "a grass with creeping or decumbent stems which root freely at the nodes" sneaked in.

From Time Magazine Archive

The root of the hoary, decumbent, and less elegant, but larger-flowered Hedysarum mackenzii is poisonous, and nearly killed an old Indian woman at Fort Simpson, who had mistaken it for that of the preceding species.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

It is decumbent, and difficult to harvest for hay when seeded alone.

From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva

These are tall leafy slender perennial grasses, with branching stems erect or geniculately ascending from a creeping or decumbent base.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

"A decumbent hairy form confined to the Lizard."

From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel