Editing Flower (environmental object)

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])

'''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-us}}</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=147}}</ref> 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, like [[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, like ''[[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>{{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}}</ref> have appeared in many games alongside flowers and serve the same function.

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-us}}</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|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.

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 all 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 spinning motion near a flower, either through a [[Spin Jump]] or through [[Propeller Mario|propeller]]-enabled flight, its flowerhead rotates around the stem; if the player spins 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. 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]]. 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.

|Jap=草花<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|page=185, 232|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>

|JapR=Kusabana

|JapM=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".

|Jap2=花<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|title=『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|page=105, 151|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>

|Jap2M=Flower <small>(''Super Mario Sunshine'', ''New Super Mario Bros.'' series)</small>

*[[Item container]] – objects in the [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' series]] that also releases items when interacted with

*[[Wow Bud]] – interactive flower buds found throughout ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''