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Do herbaceous plants, especially perennial plants have woody parts, like woody stem?

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    $\begingroup$ I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because pasting the Q in google gives wiki as first hit - answer is in second line of wiki article. $\endgroup$
    – AliceD ♦
    Jul 16, 2015 at 1:22

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By definition, no. An herbaceous plant is defined as a plant that has no woody parts. Herbaceous perennials die down to the roots at the end of the year and then sprout up again at the start of the next growing season, but they do not have woody parts. A plant that is small and herblike but has woody parts may be called a subshrub.

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  • $\begingroup$ a subshrub :) that's cool $\endgroup$
    – AliceD ♦
    Jul 16, 2015 at 1:35
  • $\begingroup$ '"Subshrub" is often used interchangeably with "bush".' TIL bush isn't a synonym for shrub! $\endgroup$
    – mmitchell
    Jul 16, 2015 at 1:41
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    $\begingroup$ This isn't entirely true since the OP is asking for woody parts (not only above-ground parts), and perennial herbaceous plants can have "woody" roots (depending on how you define woody). See e.g. herbchronology for age determination of perennial herbs. $\endgroup$
    – fileunderwater
    Jul 16, 2015 at 8:51

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