En Stengel
<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Stengel</b><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif;"> er et planteorgan som har til hovedoppgave å bære </span><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blad" title="Blad" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">bladene</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif;"> i en gunstig stilling i forhold til lyset, og lede vann og næringsstoffer. Normalt er derfor stengelen et typisk overjordisk organ med opprett vekst. Ofte kan den være omdannet til et underjordisk organ, for eksempel </span><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordstengel" title="Jordstengel" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">jordstengel</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoll" title="Knoll" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">knoll</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif;"> eller </span><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B8k_(botanikk)" title="Løk (botanikk)" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">løk</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif;">, som i første rekke er lagringsorganer. Hos mindre </span><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gress" title="Gress" class="mw-redirect" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">gressplanter</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif;"> kalles stengelen gjerne et </span><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">strå</b>