The researchers actual report: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.0538 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.053... So

The researchers actual report: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.0538 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.053... Sounds like it is in fact a single interconnected organism (like Pando) and not multiple plants that are clones. > Our genomic and cytogenetic assessments of 10 meadows identified geographically restricted, diploid clones (2n = 20) in a single location, and a single widespread, high-heterozygosity, polyploid clone (2n = 40) in all other locations. The polyploid clone spanned at least 180 km, making it the largest known example of a clone in any environment on earth.