It is based on the plant scientifically known as the Flagellaria indica, or more commonly referred to as the whip vine, a type of climbing plant found in tropical areas.
For a plant costing 5 sun, Whipvine is quite a decent plant given its raw stats. But thanks to its ability, Whipvine can also get you out of a tricky situation, or maybe just deal some free damage to the zombie hero. It can be used to move a zombie into a lane with another plant such as Template:PvZHLink or Template:PvZHLink for stalling, or move a zombie away to make way for an Anti-Hero plant. It can even be used to force a zombie to attack another plant to your tactical advantage (e.g. when there is a Briar Rose and you want a zombie to hurt a flower to get rid of it).
Against
Being a pretty strong plant, it is difficult to destroy, especially since it can move one of your zombies around.