Grasslands Division, DSIR, Private Bag, Palmerston North, New Zealand U ptak~ of 32p by Trifoliu,!! repens L. 'Grasslands Huia' stolons from felt pads saturated wIth labelled r so~utlOn was measured in th~ field. Distribution of activity along sto~ons was heavIly bIased towards the stolon tIp rather than to the basal side of the pom~ of supply,. and concentrations of activity were associated with active lateral menstems. ThIS was taken as evidence that white clover could absorb P through its stolons from P solutions over the concentration range 10 /LM to 1.0 M.