procumbent
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The stem is woody, procumbent, naked, thread-shaped, variously divided.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland by Carl von Linn?
Stems are procumbent when growing in open places, but erect if growing amidst bushes, often branched, ending in long naked peduncles, varying in length from 1-1/2 to 4 feet.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
Its stems are 12in. or less in length, slender and procumbent.
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by John Wood
Stems procumbent from a deep biennial root; leaves round-heart-shaped, on very long petioles, crenate, obscurely-lobed; petals twice the length of the calyx, whitish; carpels pubescent, even.—Waysides and cultivated grounds; common.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Its branches are usually procumbent, about a foot in length, and require, if the plant be kept in a pot, to be tied up to a stick.
From The Botanical Magazine Vol. 7 or, Flower-Garden Displayed by William Curtis
