Editing Flower (environmental object)

{{about|low-growing, interactable plants|different subjects of the same name|[[Flower]]}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SMG2 Screenshot Flowers.png|200px]]<br>Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|variants=[[Fluff (object)|Fluff]]<br>[[Soirée Bouquet]]
}}
'''Flowers'''<ref name=SM64>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|title=''The Super Mario 64 Nintendo Player's Guide''|location=Redmond|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]|date=1996|page=18|language=en}}</ref><ref name=SMG>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|language=en-us|title=''Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|format=Collector's Edition|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=November 9, 2007|page=41|isbn=978-0-7615-5713-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Bueno, Fernando|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|isbn=978-0-307-46592-4|language=en-us|location=Roseville|publisher=Prima Games|date=November 15, 2009|page=5}}</ref><ref name=SMG2>{{cite|author=Browne, Catherine|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|location=Roseville|publisher=Prima Games|date=May 23, 2010|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-30746-907-6|page=36 and 147}}</ref>{{ref page|147}} appear in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] as recurring interactable objects of the environment. In games of the 3D [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]], flowers most often conceal collectible items or hide subjects of interests, such as [[Warp|Warp Point]]s or [[Coin Coffer]]s. In some games, such as ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', flowers are vaguely {{wp|Asteraceae|asteraceous}} and overall cartoonish. In others, such as ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', flowers are more {{wp|realism (art)|realistic}} and closely resemble a variety of real-world species, such as {{wp|Pansy|pansies}}, {{wp|Tulip|tulips}}, {{wp|Poinsettia|poinsettias}}, and {{wp|Lily of the valley|lilies-of-the-valley}}. Starting with ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', broad-leaved '''bushes'''<ref name=SM3DL>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''Super Mario 3D Land: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|location=Roseville|publisher=Prima Games|date=November 13, 2011|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-89386-4|page=52, 104}}</ref> (also called '''grass'''<ref name=SMG/> or '''tall grass'''<ref name=SMG2/>{{ref page|36}}) have appeared in many games alongside flowers and serve the same function.

Flowers have otherwise appeared throughout the ''Super Mario'' franchise as decorative elements that cannot be interacted with. They are the basis for many items, objects, locations, characters, and enemies, most significantly the carnivorous [[Piranha Plant]]s.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
Flowers (referred to in at least one instance as '''tulips''')<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|title=''The Super Mario 64 Nintendo Player's Guide''|location=Redmond|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1996|page=24|language=en}}</ref> first appear in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', where they grow on the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]] and in [[Whomp's Fortress]]. Some flower beds release [[1-Up Mushroom|1-UP Mushroom]]s when the surrounding [[coin]]s are collected. Flowers on the Bob-omb Battlefield hide a Warp Point that brings [[Mario]] to another flower bed. In the original [[Nintendo 64]] game, all of the flowers are yellow and form hexagonal beds. In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', some of the flowers are pink, and the beds are more naturally shaped.

====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
[[File:SMS Screenshot Flower.png|thumb|A flower in ''Super Mario Sunshine'']]
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', pink flowers appear in [[Bianco Hills]]. They are always encountered with their buds closed to start out. As a yellow-green [[Pianta]] notes in Episode 1 of Bianco Hills ([[Road to the Big Windmill]]), Mario can [[water]] flowers by using [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]], causing them to bloom and make a high-pitched singing sound. For single flowers, this causes the flower to dispense a single [[coin]]. Many flowers are found arranged in large rings, particularly in the later episodes of Bianco Hills. When Mario sprays one of these with FLUDD, it blooms, but it does not dispense a coin and closes its bud again a few seconds later. However, if Mario causes all of the flowers in a ring to bloom at once (done most easily using the Sprinkler Squirt move performed by rotating {{button|gcn|Stick}} and pressing {{button|gcn|R}} with the Squirt Nozzle equipped), they all dispense coins at once. In ''Super Mario Galaxy'' and ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', [[stone circle]]s are introduced that are conceptually similar to these flowers.

[[Pokey]]s and [[Pokey Head|Pokey Pod]]s have similar flowers on their heads, and they disguise themselves as them until Mario gets close (in fact, most rings of flowers contain a few disguised Pokey Pods mixed in with the real flowers). Pokeys' and Pokey Pods' flowers can be watered and bloom similarly to real ones, but they close back up quickly, do not sing, and never dispense any coins, which can help tip off that they are disguised enemies. [[Seedy Pod]]s also have a yellow variant of these flowers on their heads, though they do not bloom when watered.

====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
The flowers and grasses in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' rustle when walked through. The ones that shimmer conceal collectible [[Star Bit]]s and release them when stirred. Flowers only occur in well-lit grassy [[galaxy|galaxies]] such as the [[Honeyhive Galaxy]] and [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]]. Grass occurs in poorly lit areas and dark galaxies, such as the [[Ghostly Galaxy]] and [[Bigmouth Galaxy]]. This is most apparent on the starting planet of the [[Good Egg Galaxy]]. The surface facing the sun is vibrant and bears flowers, whereas grass grows on the side that does not receive sunlight, amongst dead trees. Two interactive flowers in ''Super Mario Galaxy'' resemble {{wp|Cosmos (plant)|cosmos}} and come in two varieties, one yellow and one blue. Low-growing, non-interactive flowers occur in the game as well that are nearly flush with the ground.

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
In the first ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', flowers appear as decorative background elements with no interactive components, similar to [[horsetail]]s in the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' Starting with ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', these flowers are given interactive elements that are carried over in some subsequent ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games. They are typically found on grassy surfaces and [[Mushroom Platform|mushroom platforms]], and they appear with multiple colors and designs. When the player performs a swift motion near a flower—either a [[Spin Jump]], a [[Propeller Mario|propeller]]-enabled spin, or a [[Ground Pound]]—its flowerhead rotates around the stem; if the player performs such a move close enough to the flower, it additionally releases a coin. Flowers pulsate to the [[Paah|vocal riffs]] of a [[level]]'s music.

In ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', coin-yielding flowers are widespread in [[World 1 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 1]], [[World 5 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 5]], and [[World 7 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 7]]. In Worlds 1 and 7, the petals on a flower have an outer rim that can be light blue, orange, or fuchsia, with the inner part of a petal being a very light shade of its rim's color, and the flower's disc is always yellow. In World 5, flowers have turquoise, violet, or magenta petals with a single light-colored spot at the outer end of each petal; each petal color corresponds to yellow-, blue-, or lime-colored discs, respectively.

====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
Flowers and grasses retain the same function in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' that they did in the first ''Super Mario Galaxy''. Some shimmering flora release [[coin]]s instead of Star Bits when stirred. A greater variety of flower species occur in this game, with some resembling {{wp|pansy|pansies}}, {{wp|Lilium|lilies}}, {{wp|tulip}}s, and {{wp|hyacinth}}s. Many of these flowers appear together on a small planetoid in the [[Supermassive Galaxy]]. The planetoid appears devoid of life, but landing on it causes all of the flowers to bloom. This same planetoid appears in the screenshot awarded to the player once they have collected 120 [[Power Star]]s. The final area of the [[Slimy Spring Galaxy]] is dotted with grass and {{wp|Lily of the valley|lilies-of-the-valley}}.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
[[File:NSLU Mount Fuzzy Screenshot.png|thumb|250px|An area with flowers in Mount Fuzzy of ''New Super Luigi U'']]
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', flowers mainly appear in [[Acorn Plains]], [[Soda Jungle]], and [[Meringue Clouds]]. In ''New Super Mario Bros. U'', some flowers also appear in the levels [[Tropical Refresher]] and [[Skyward Stalk]] of [[Sparkling Waters]], while in ''New Super Luigi U'', they are present in [[Beanstalk Jungle]] in the same [[world]], as well as [[Mount Fuzzy]] in [[Rock-Candy Mines]]. In [[Boarding the Airship]], flowers can be destroyed by [[Mecha Hand]] as it attacks, whether by its squashing or punching moves.

The flowers in Acorn Plains, Sparkling Waters, and Rock-Candy Mines have blue, yellow, or red petals, with the color transitioning into white towards the inner part of a petal. The flowers in Meringue Clouds also feature this gradient scheme but appear in indigo, pink, or fuchsia. In Soda Jungle, flowers reuse their color palettes from World 5 of ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' and have a notch at the tip of each petal.

====''Super Mario 3D Land'' / ''Super Mario 3D World''====
Flowers and bushes<ref name=SM3DL/> appear throughout ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', retaining their function from ''Super Mario Galaxy'' and ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''. The flowers appear as small clusters of cosmos and come in a variety of colors. In these games, using a move from a power-up (i.e., throwing a [[boomerang]] as [[Boomerang Mario]] through one or tail-whipping one as [[Tanooki Mario]]) has the same effect as walking through them, usually causing a coin to pop out and immediately be added to the player's total. In some instances, disturbing a flower knocks a [[Coin Coffer]] out of hiding or causes a trail of [[note]]s to appear.

Dandelions called [[Fluff (object)|Fluff]]s appear in both games, and they release an item when the player blows into their respective system's microphone.

====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
Flowers and bushes appear in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. In lieu of power-ups, throwing [[Cappy]] at flowers can reveal the hidden item within. [[Coin pile]]s can pop out of flowers and bushes. A wide variety of plants is introduced to satisfy this gameplay concept while maintaining the intended design of each location. For example, ferns appear in place of flowers in the [[Cascade Kingdom]], and tumbleweeds appear in the [[Sand Kingdom]]. In some locations, bushes can be [[Ground Pound|ground-pounded]] to release individual coins. In the [[Wooded Kingdom]], [[Steam Gardener]]s cultivate flowers and are best known for [[Soirée Bouquet|giant white flowers]]. They are stolen by [[Bowser]] during the game.

====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
When a player character waters the ground in their [[Elephant Mario|Elephant form]], short-lived flower particles appear with designs based on those from the ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games. Flowers are otherwise a noninteractive but prominent visual element in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''. The game takes place in the [[Flower Kingdom]], which is inhabited by people called [[Poplin]]s that grow flowers on their heads.

===''Wario Land 4''===
[[File:WL4-Money Flower.png|frame|A swelling berry with a Beezley nearby in ''Wario Land 4'']]
Flowers<ref>''Wario Land 4'' source code name (<tt>Czako_flower</tt>)</ref> are objects in ''[[Wario Land 4]]''. They are encountered in [[Wildflower Fields]] only. If a [[Beezley]] alights onto a flower as it tries to attack [[Wario]], it pauses and starts pollinating the flower momentarily, causing it to grow a berry that swells. The berry has four stages of swelling, and Wario can hit the berry at any time to release [[Coin (Wario Land 4)|coins]] from it. The first stage gives small coins worth 10 each, the second stage gives a Bronze Coin worth 50, and the third stage (pictured) gives two Silver Coins worth 100 each. The last stage gives a single small coin worth 10, due to the fruit becoming rotten. A caterpillar can be seen eating it at this stage. 
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===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
Flowers appear in the backgrounds of the [[Golden Plains]] and [[Mushroom Kingdom U]] stages from ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', respectively. Both stages reappear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. They sway back and forth, just like they do in the ''New Super Mario Bros.'' series.

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
PN Mario Day 2024 poll banner.jpg|Flowers, using their design from ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games, strewn across a view of the Mushroom Kingdom
</gallery>

===Sprites and models===
<gallery>
SMB3 Bush general.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
SMB3 Bush athletic deep.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3''
SMB3 Bush plains bonus.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3''
SM64 Asset Texture Flower 1.png|''[[Super Mario 64]]''
WL4-Flower.png|''[[Wario Land 4]]''
SMG Asset Model Flower (Yellow).png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
SMG Asset Model Flower (Blue).png|''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG Asset Model Bush.png|''Super Mario Galaxy'' (bush)
FlowerNSMBW.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
SMG2Picture1.jpg|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
SM3DL Asset Sprite Flower (Blue).png|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
SMO Wooded Brochure D.png|''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' ([[Soirée Bouquet]] brochure texture)
SMO Lost Brochure A.png|''Super Mario Odyssey'' ([[Lost Kingdom]] brochure texture)
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
SM64 Screenshot Warp Point.gif|''[[Super Mario 64]]''
Piranha Plant 64.png|''Super Mario 64''
WildflowerFields.png|''[[Wario Land 4]]''
SMS BiancoHills BlueCoin 29.png|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
Bob-omb Battlefield SM64DS first warp location.png|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
MegaYoshiSM64DS.png|''Super Mario 64 DS''
World 7-5 NSMB.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
SMG Screenshot Flowerbed.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
SMG Screenshot Grass.png|''Super Mario Galaxy'' (bush)
NSMBW World 1-6 Screenshot.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
SMG2 Blooming Garden Prerelease.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' (prerelease)
SMG2 Screenshot Flowers.png|''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
SMG2 Screenshot Pink Flower.png|''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
SMG2 Screenshot Grass.png|''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' (bush)
SMG2 Slimy Spring Oasis Area.png|''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' (lily-of-the-valley)
SM3DL Screenshot Flower.png|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
Course Clear SM3DL.png|''Super Mario 3D Land''
SM3DL Screenshot Bush.png|''Super Mario 3D Land'' (bush)
LuigiSM3DL.png|''Super Mario 3D Land'' (bush)
SM3DW Screenshot Flower.jpg|''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
SM3DW 2-4 Mario Running.jpg|''Super Mario 3D World''
SM3DW Screenshot Bush.jpg|''Super Mario 3D World'' (bush)
Spike3dworld.jpg|''Super Mario 3D World'' (bush)
SMO Screenshot Flower (Mushroom Kingdom).jpg|''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
SMO Screenshot Flower (Mushroom Kingdom) 2.jpg|''Super Mario Odyssey''
SMO Screenshot Bush (Cap Kingdom).jpg|''Super Mario Odyssey'' (bush from the [[Cap Kingdom]])
SMO Screenshot Bush (Cascade Kingdom).jpg|''Super Mario Odyssey'' (fern from the [[Cascade Kingdom]])
SMO Screenshot Bush (Sand Kingdom) 1.jpg|''Super Mario Odyssey'' (bush from the [[Sand Kingdom]])
SMO Screenshot Bush (Sand Kingdom) 2.jpg|''Super Mario Odyssey'' (grass from the Sand Kingdom)
SMO Screenshot Bush (Lake Kingdom).jpg|''Super Mario Odyssey'' (bush from the [[Lake Kingdom]])
SMO Screenshot Bush (Wooded Kingdom).jpg|''Super Mario Odyssey'' (bush from the [[Wooded Kingdom]])
SMO Screenshot Bush (Lost Kingdom).jpg|''Super Mario Odyssey'' (bush from the [[Lost Kingdom]])
SMO Screenshot Bush (Metro Kingdom) 1.jpg|''Super Mario Odyssey'' (bush from the [[Metro Kingdom]])
SMO Screenshot Bush (Metro Kingdom) 2.jpg|''Super Mario Odyssey'' (bush from the Metro Kingdom)
SMO Screenshot Bush (Seaside Kingdom).jpg|''Super Mario Odyssey'' (bush from the [[Seaside Kingdom]])
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreign names
|Jpn=草花
|JpnR=Kusabana
|JpnM=Usually translated as "flower" and colloquially interchangeable with「花」in Japanese. It sometimes more strictly means "plants with flowers" or "grass and flowers", as「草」(''kusa'') translates to "grass" or "plant."
|JpnC=<ref name=shoga>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|location=Tokyo|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|date=October 19, 2015|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>{{ref page|185, 232}}
|Jpn2=花
|Jpn2R=Hana
|Jpn2M=Flower
|Jpn2N=''Super Mario Sunshine'', ''New Super Mario Bros.'' series
|Jpn2C=<ref name=shoga/>{{ref page|105, 151}}
|Jpn3=草
|Jpn3R=Kusa
|Jpn3M=Plant
|Jpn3N=''Super Mario Odyssey''
|Jpn3C=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya, and kikai, editors|date=2018|title=『[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey|スーバーマリオ オデッセイ 公式設定資料集]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=ambit|isbn=978-4-19-864696-7|page=231}}</ref>
|Spa=Flor
|SpaM=Flower
}}

==See also==
*[[Cactus]] – another recurring environmental plant in desert-themed areas
*[[Item container]] – an object in the [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' series]] that also releases items when interacted with
*[[Tree]]  – another recurring environmental plant that functions like a [[pole]]
*[[Wow Bud]] – an interactive flower bud found throughout ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''

==References==
{{NIWA|Nookipedia=Flower|Pikipedia=Vegetation|ZeldaWiki=Flower}}

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