EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Strawberry plants reproduce through stolons or “runners.” Runners extend out several inches from the crown, take root in the soil, and produce new plants called “daughter plants.”

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is Stolon or runner. The strawberry plant has a stolon, which is also called a runner. Stolon a shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes.

Detailed explanation-3: -The examples of runners are hydrocotyle plants, Oxalis, Cynodon dactylon that is also known as the lawn grass. Examples of suckers are mint also known as pudina, chrysanthemum, etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -Strawberry is an example of a creeper. Creeper is a type of a plant that grows along the ground. Their stems are weak.

Detailed explanation-5: -Botanists call the strawberry a “false fruit, ” a pseudocarp. A strawberry is actually a multiple fruit which consists of many tiny individual fruits embedded in a fleshy receptacle.