# Decumbent
**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/decumbent
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/
reclining but with the summit [ascending](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/ascending "growing obliquely at first but finally upwards; rising or growing up.") (applied to branches whose lower portions lie on or near the ground while the tips grow upwards).- Title
- Decumbent
- Category
- undergraduate
- UUID
928477813a6b4778979e4e2cf550c029
- Source URL
- https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/decumbent
- Parent URL
- https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/
- Crawl Time
- 2026-03-23T08:07:18+00:00