procumbent

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Diagnosis.—Entire animal and skull large; color dark for the species; zygomatic breadth large; upper molars large and upper molar tooth-row relatively long; braincase elongate; auditory meatus relatively small; bullae large; incisors relatively procumbent.

From Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus pennsylvanicus, in Wyoming, Colorado, and Adjacent Areas by Anderson, Sydney

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 Rangachari, K.

The procumbent stems will, in strong patches, be found to supply rootlets in abundance.

From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by Wood, John

Stems 1–2´ long, procumbent, sparsely branching; leaves pale green, ovate-triangular, acutely 2-toothed, the teeth oblique with a lunulate sinus; monœcious; perianth oblong-triangular, lacinate; antheridia 2–3 in a cluster, axillary.—On rocks in shady rills; not 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 Gray, Asa

Leaves.—Mostly alternate on the flowering stems, but smaller and broader ones often opposite or whorled on the procumbent shoots; linear; smooth.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth