Etiolated stipes (elongation without cap maturation) is caused when grown without light. The shoot also produces stolons that are long etiolated stems. Plants that are pale simply from being in the dark are termed etiolated. Xanthophylls are found in all young leaves and in etiolated leaves. In the absence of light, plants develop an etiolated growth pattern. In shady areas it becomes etiolated and behaves as a creeper, growing on other vegetation.