All living things, including plants, reproduce to make more of their own kind. Plants undergo both asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction.

In asexual reproduction, offspring comes from a single parent and inherits the genes of that parent only. Single-celled organisms, such as organisms that belong to the kingdoms Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, and Protista primarily reproduce asexually. Some fungi, plants, and animals also reproduce asexually.

Most asexual reproduction in plants is vegetative reproduction in which a new plant grows from part of the parent plant. Roots stems and leaves can all be used for vegetative reproduction.

Click on each section of the image map below to learn more about each method of vegetative reproduction.

In summary, during asexual vegetative reproduction, the root and shoot systems of plants interact to produce new plants that are genetically identical to the parent plant.