well if you are asking what real plant the artificial one is supposed to be, the closest thing I can think of is a pussy willow. They are often dried and used in crafts, flower arrangements ect, and sometimes dyed colors.
I thought he was asking what kind of plant it is? It IS plastic, but artificial plants almost always are created/patterned after it's real counterpart. I thought he was asking what kind of plant it would be if it were real. A pussy willow is the closest thing I can think of.
well I know I have been at Hobby Lobby before and seen artificial flowers that I thought looked really neat, but I had no idea what they were supposed to be. He probably ran across this site through a search. He doesn't realize how obsessed we are here