In botany , a plant shoot consists of any plant stem together with its appendages like leaves, lateral buds, flowering stems, and flower buds . The new growth from seed germination that grows upward is a shoot where leaves will develop. In the spring, perennial plant shoots are the new growth that grows from the ground in herbaceous plants or the new stem or flower growth that grows on woody plants.
4-457: Ornithogalum pyrenaicum , also called Prussian asparagus , wild asparagus , Bath asparagus , Pyrenees star of Bethlehem , or spiked star of Bethlehem , is a plant whose young flower shoots may be eaten as a vegetable , similar to asparagus . The common name Bath asparagus comes from the fact it was once abundant near the city of the same name in England. This Asparagaceae article
8-474: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This vegetable -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Shoot (botany) In everyday speech, shoots are often synonymous with stems. Stems, which are an integral component of shoots, provide an axis for buds, fruits, and leaves. Young shoots are often eaten by animals because the fibers in the new growth have not yet completed secondary cell wall development, making
12-480: The majority of flowers and fruit. A similar pattern occurs in some conifers and in Ginkgo , although the "short shoots" of some genera such as Picea are so small that they can be mistaken for part of the leaf that they have produced. A related phenomenon is seasonal heterophylly , which involves visibly different leaves from spring growth and later lammas growth . Whereas spring growth mostly comes from buds formed
16-415: The young shoots softer and easier to chew and digest. As shoots grow and age, the cells develop secondary cell walls that have a hard and tough structure. Some plants (e.g. bracken ) produce toxins that make their shoots inedible or less palatable. Many woody plants have distinct short shoots and long shoots . In some angiosperms , the short shoots, also called spur shoots or fruit spurs , produce
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