What is the scientific name of this plant, and what plant is it very similar to?

Question

A clone, which is formed by asexual reproduction, is a collection of identical individuals. In nature, plants such as strawberries, aspens, and coast redwoods produce clones. Some plants can be cloned by taking a cutting of the plant, placing the cutting in water, and allowing the cutting to form roots before placing it in soil. This plant might be the key to cleaning up large areas that have been contaminated by industrial pollution.

Answer 1

Hybrid poplars (Populus trichocarpa × P. deltoides) take up and degrade the common groundwater pollutants trichloroethylene & carbon tetrachloride.

http://www.ehponline.org/docs/1998/Suppl...

Tobacco plants have been genetically modified to metabolize trichloroethylene.

http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_G...

Thlaspi caerulescens, commonly called alpine pennycress is related to cabbages & mustard. They are used for heavy metal phytoremediation.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3...

Thlaspi goesingense is another being studied for metals.

http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/0108...

http://biobasics.gc.ca/english/View.asp?...

Answer 2

Most plants can be cloned. This covers about 98% of plant species.