This caudex resembles a rutabaga bulb, but sprouts woody stems and bright pink flowers. (SHNS photo by Maureen Gilmer) ...
caudex search for term- n. (L. caudex, stem of a tree) the base of a perennial plant; the axis or stem of a woody plant, especially of a palm or tree fern.caulescent search for term- a.
For display purposes, the caudex is always partially above ground (even though the 'natural state night be to exist below the surface) for ornamental reasons.
They produce a caudex that stores food and will stunt the plant if grows twisted. Cycads also have special coralloid roots that emerge just above the soil. These house blue-green algae that provide the plant with nitrogen fixed from the atmosphere.
 See also: Plant, Flower, Gardener, Water, Genera
  
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