Complex sentence: The short and creeping stipules differ with the reduced, whitish, broadly ovate and pointed rhizome; the fine, thread-like and hairless root system is also whitish, weakly branched and widely spreads in all directions, but always near the surface.
Split into simpler sentences: The short and creeping stipules differ with the reduced, whitish, broadly ovate and pointed rhizome. The fine, thread-like and hairless root system is also whitish, weakly branched and widely spreads in all directions, but always near the surface.