Concept:Growing a new hibiscus plant from a stem cutting is an example of vegetative propagation, which is a type of asexual reproduction.
Explanation:When a small stem is placed in a nutrient medium, it develops roots and shoots through mitotic cell division.
No gametes are involved in this process, and there is no fusion of male and female sex cells.
Because mitosis produces cells that are exact copies of the original cell, the new plant receives the same genetic material as the parent plant.
As a result, there is no genetic variation, and the new plant has the same genotype as the parent.
This mode of reproduction is asexual, not sexual, because sexual reproduction would require gamete formation and would create a different genotype.
Thus, the stem cutting reproduced asexually and produced an offspring with an identical genotype.
Answer:C. asexually with the same genotype as the parent plant