Question

In mint plant,modification of stem is sucker or stolons?

Answer 1

Sucker is a mode of vegetative propagation. It is a non-green slender stem branch that arises from the underground base of the erect shoot or crown. It grows horizontally in the soil and ultimately comes out to form a new aerial shoot or crown. Each sucker has nodes with scale leaf and axillary bud. For example, mint has a sucker. It has the adventitious root and scale leaf.

A stolen is a subaerial modification of the stem. Stolon tip grows above the level of the ground. They have long internodes. For example, jasmine.