Advantages of Apomixis

• assured reproduction in the absence of pollinators, such as in extreme environments
• maternal energy not wasted in unfit offspring (cost of meiosis)
• some apomictic plants (but not all) avoid the male energy cost of producing pollen

Disadvantages of Apomixis

• can't control accumulation of deleterious genetic mutations
• usually restricted to narrow ecological niches
• lack ability to adapt to changing environments

This example is a blackberry, Rubus, which is apomictic.