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{{lifeform~~\|type=plant~~ \|type={{cat tag\|Plants\|Plant}} ~~\|image = VisForVinebud.png~~ \|image~~-artist~~=~~[[User: KalynaAnne]]~~VisForVinebud.png \|world=Roshar \|universe=[[Cosmere]] \|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]] }} ~~}}{{update\|book=sa3}}~~ '''Vinebud''' is a type of [[rockbud]] that can be found in many regions of [[Roshar]].{{ref\|name=dA}} '''Vinebud''' is a type of rockbud{{url ref\|url=http://inkthinker.deviantart.com/art/The-Way-of-Kings-Rockbuds-181132024\|text= Inkthinker's comments on the Rockbud page from Shallan's Sketchbook \|site=Deviant Art}}, native to many regions of [[Roshar]]. Vinebud plants have an elastic, hollow stem that their leaves, vine-like tendrils and cone-like flowers retract into as it expands outward. The plants retract for the highstorm, but also when they detect nearby motion. {{file ref\|rockbuds.jpg\|Rockbuds page\|post= from [[Shallan's sketchbook]]}} ==Description== Gardeners on Roshar have cultivated a variety of vinebud that does not retract back into its stem. It is used as a houseplant.{{book ref\|sa1\| 37}}▼ {{for\|/Gallery\|more images}} Vinebud plants have an elastic, hollow stem. The stem normally has a cylindrical shape, but it can expand outward to accommodate the plant's retractable leaves, vine-like tendrils, and cone-like flowers.{{file ref\|rockbuds.jpg\|Rockbuds page\|post= from [[Shallan's sketchbook]]}}{{book ref\|sa1\|37}} The plant retracts to protect itself from [[highstorm]]s or nearby motion, and the stem takes on a bubble-like appearance when it stretches to accommodate the leaves and tendrils.{{file ref\|rockbuds.jpg\|Rockbuds page\|post= from [[Shallan's sketchbook]]}} Unlike common rockbuds, the vinebud appears to permanently root itself to the ground to avoid being blown around by the storms.{{file ref\|rockbuds.jpg\|Rockbuds page\|post= from [[Shallan's sketchbook]]}} The leaves and tendrils of the vinebud are longer and more delicate than those of the common rockbud.{{file ref\|rockbuds.jpg\|Rockbuds page\|post= from [[Shallan's sketchbook]]}} The tendrils in particular extend far out of the plant and wave in the wind.{{book ref\|sa3\|115}} [[Shallan Davar]] speculated that vinebud is related to [[fingermoss]], a smaller plant with a similar appearance.{{file ref\|rockbuds.jpg\|Rockbuds page\|post= from [[Shallan's sketchbook]]}}{{ref\|name=dA}} == Trivia ==▼ The design for vinebuds was based on sea anemone.{{url ref\|url=http://inkthinker.deviantart.com/art/The-Way-of-Kings-Rockbuds-181132024\|text= Inkthinker's comments on the Rockbud page from Shallan's Sketchbook \|site=Deviant Art}} ▲Gardeners on Roshar have cultivated a variety of vinebud that does not retract back into its stem., although it retains a vestigial shell. It is used as a houseplant.{{book ref\|sa1\| 37}} ~~== Gallery ==~~ ~~<gallery>~~ ▲== Trivia == ~~File: rockbuds.jpg \| page from [[Shallan's sketchbook]]~~ *The design for vinebuds was based on the sea anemone.{{ref\|name=dA}} ~~</gallery>~~ == Notes == <references /> {{url ref\|name=dA ~~{{partial}}~~ \|url=http://inkthinker.deviantart.com/art/The-Way-of-Kings-Rockbuds-181132024 \|text=Inkthinker's commentary \|site=Deviant Art \|date=2010-05 }} </references> {{complete\|[[User:Big Smooth\|Big Smooth]] ([[User talk:Big Smooth\|talk]]) 18:54, 13 February 2020 (UTC)}} {{Stormlight}}