Editing Flower (environmental object)

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])

|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.

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.

|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}}

|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>