The buds release this hormone down the plant stem.
VOA: special.2009.10.06
The soaptree yucca plant can make its stem grow longer to keep its leaves above the sand.
VOA: special.2010.01.04
The echinacea sold in drugstores comes in a wide range of liquids, pills, powders, and tinctures, which can be derived from some combination of the plant's root, flower, or stem.
But new research found that, like stem rust, stripe rust increases its genetic variability by reproducing sexually on the leaves of another host plant (the barberry), making itself more adaptable and more deadly.