Bud
A bud usually occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of a stem. They are one way plants can reproduce asexually. They connect with phloem and xylem to get nourishment.
Some plants normally develop adventitious buds on their roots. The buds can grow quite a distance from the plant. Shoots that develop from adventitious buds on roots are termed suckers. They occur in many grasses, quaking aspen and creeping thistle. A famous quaking aspen known as the Pando grew from one trunk to 47,000 trunks by adventitious bud formation on a single root system.
Bud Media
European beech (Fagus sylvatica) bud
Inflorescence bud scales in Halesia carolina
In botany, a bud is an undeveloped or embryonic shoot and normally occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of the stem. Once formed, a bud may remain for some time in a dormant condition, or it may form a shoot immediately.
Terminal, vegetative bud of Ficus carica
Alnus glutinosa bud
Tilia bud
Black buds of a European ash, Fraxinus excelsior
A quince's flower bud with spirally folded petals
Opening Nelumbo flower bud
Opening Coreopsis tinctoria flower buds
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