Which plant is a creeping perennial?

Which plant is a creeping perennial?

• A. Bermudagrass
• B. Dandelion
• C. Plantain
• D. Wild Carrot

Answer: (A)

Creeping perennials spread horizontally through specialized stems and live for multiple years. Bermudagrass does this by sending out aboveground stolons (runners) and underground rhizomes, letting it creep across the soil and form a dense, long-lasting turf. The other plants shown don’t combine creeping stems with perennial persistence: dandelion is a perennial with a strong taproot and rosette growth rather than spreading by runners; plantain grows from a rosette and stems rather than creeping; wild carrot is typically a biennial or short-lived and doesn’t creep with stolons or rhizomes.

Creeping perennials spread horizontally through specialized stems and live for multiple years. Bermudagrass does this by sending out aboveground stolons (runners) and underground rhizomes, letting it creep across the soil and form a dense, long-lasting turf. The other plants shown don’t combine creeping stems with perennial persistence: dandelion is a perennial with a strong taproot and rosette growth rather than spreading by runners; plantain grows from a rosette and stems rather than creeping; wild carrot is typically a biennial or short-lived and doesn’t creep with stolons or rhizomes.