Why can a monocot like an iris branch and increase its number of leaves? Is the fact that the shoot is a rhizome with adventitious roots important? Is water transported from one end of the shoot to the other?

Features Features The presence of a single cotyledon in the seedling is the most common way to identify monocot plants. Veins that run parallel to the length of the leaves and flower sections that are arranged in a three or six-fold symmetry are some of the anatomical characteristics shared by monocots. Monocots have very little true woody tissue and an adventitious root system. They lack a typical cambium and have scattered vascular bundles.