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{{about|low-growing plants that conceal items|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 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|effect=Releases concealed items when disturbed
}}

In games of the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise, low-growing plants, commonly '''flowers'''<ref name=SM64>Scott Pelland and Dan Owsen. ''The Super Mario 64 Nintendo Player's Guide''. Redmond: [[Nintendo]] of America, 1996. Page 18.</ref><ref name=SMG>Fletcher Black. ''Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide (Collector's Edition)''. Roseville: [[Prima Games]], 2007. Page 41. ISBN: 978-0-76155-713-5.</ref><ref name=SMG2>Catherine Browne. ''Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide''. Roseville: Random House Inc, 2010. Page 147. ISBN: 978-0-30746-907-6.</ref>, appear as environmental objects that sometimes bear collectible items. In 3D ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' platform games, they typically appear in patches or are arranged into '''flowerbeds'''<ref name=SMG/> (also parsed as '''flower beds'''<ref name=SM64/><ref name=SMG2/>). [[Piranha Plant]]s are often surrounded by them. The form they take and the very plant species they look like are informed by the environment of the [[level]] they are found in, but their function remains the same. The most recurring variant is a leafy '''bush'''<ref name=SM3DL>Nick von Esmarch. ''Super Mario 3D Land: PRIMA Official Game Guide''. Roseville: Random House Inc, 2011. Pages 52 and 104. ISBN: 978-0-307-89386-4.</ref> (also called '''grass'''<ref name=SMG/>  or '''tall grass'''<ref>Catherine Browne. ''Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide''. Roseville: Random House Inc, 2010. Page 36.</ref>) introduced in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.

There are examples of flowers as decorative elements throughout the ''Super Mario'' franchise that have no interactive qualities. There are other objects localized into English simply as "flowers" (such as a [[Flower (platform)|platform]] in ''Super Mario Galaxy'' and a [[Flower (grapple)|grapple]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'') in the ''Super Mario'' series and even appear within the same games. However, all of these objects have discrete functions and unique names in Japanese.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
Flowers (referred to in at least one instance as '''tulips''')<ref>Scott Pelland and Dan Owsen. ''The Super Mario 64 Nintendo Player's Guide''. Redmond: Nintendo of America, 1996. Page 24.</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]]'', the flowers are presented as pink, and the beds are more naturally shaped.

====''Super Mario Galaxy'' / ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
In ''Super Mario Galaxy'' and ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', flowers can be found in nearly all levels and now reflect a wider array of species. They rustle when walked through, with sparkling flowers additionally releasing an item such as a [[coin]] or a [[Star Bit]]. Flowers largely appear in grassy [[Galaxy|galaxies]] with visible sunlight, such as [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]] and [[Fluffy Bluff Galaxy]]. In drab galaxies with minimal light such as the [[Ghostly Galaxy]] and [[Spin-Dig Galaxy]], grass appears in place of flowers, serving the same function. There are instances where both flowers and grass can be found, such as [[Honeyhive Galaxy]]. [[Leaf pile]]s appear in place of flowers in ''Super Mario Galaxy''{{'}}s [[Gold Leaf Galaxy]] and fall away when walked through. A small planetoid in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''{{'}}s [[Supermassive Galaxy]] blooms with many flowers when stepped on and appears in the screenshot awarded to the player once they have collected 120 [[Power Star]]s.

====''New Super Mario Bros.'' series====
[[File:NSLU Mount Fuzzy Screenshot.png|thumb|300px|An area with flowers in Mount Fuzzy of ''New Super Luigi U'']]
In the ''[[New Super Mario Bros. (disambiguation)|New Super Mario Bros.]]'' games, flowers<ref>Bueno, Fernando. ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 5. "''Execute a Spin-Jump over a flower to knock out one extra coin from every flower!''"</ref> appear as interactable background objects. 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. 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.

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.

====''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.

Little dandelions called [[Fluff (plant)|Fluffs]]<ref>Nick von Esmarch. ''Super Mario 3D Land: PRIMA Official Game Guide''. Roseville: Random House Inc, 2011. Pages 19 and 125.</ref> appear in both games, and they release an item when the player blows into their respective system's microphone. In ''Super Mario 3D Land'', this item is always a [[Super Mushroom]]. Because the [[Nintendo Switch]] lacks a microphone, the player needs to walk through or hit Fluffs in ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''.

====''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.

===''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> also appear in ''[[Wario Land 4]]'', only in the level [[Wildflower Fields]]. 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. Wario can hit the berry at any time to release [[Coin (Wario Land 4)|coins]] from it. 

The berry has four stages of swelling. 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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==Gallery==
<gallery>
Piranha Plant 64.png|Flowers in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
WildflowerFields.png|Two flowers in ''[[Wario Land 4]]''
WL4-Flower.png|frame|left|The stages of a flower after being pollinated in ''Wario Land 4''
Bob-omb Battlefield SM64DS first warp location.png|Flowers in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
SMG Screenshot Flowerbed.png|Flowers in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
SMG Screenshot Grass.png|Grass in ''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG Screenshot Leaf Pile.png|[[Leaf pile]] in ''Super Mario Galaxy''
NSMBW World 1-6 Screenshot.png|Fuchsia- and orange-rimmed flowers in [[World 1-6 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 1-6]] of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
SMG2Picture1.jpg|Flowers in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
SMG2 Screenshot Pink Flower.png|A floating flower in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
SMG2 Screenshot Grass.png|Grass in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
SM3DL Asset Sprite Flower (Blue).png|Flowers in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
Course Clear SM3DL.png|Flowers in ''Super Mario 3D Land''
LuigiSM3DL.png|Bushes in ''Super Mario 3D Land''
SM3DW 2-4 Mario Running.jpg|Flowers in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
Spike3dworld.jpg|Bushes in ''Super Mario 3D World''
CheckpointFlagSM3DW.jpg|[[Fluff (plant)|Fluffs]] in ''Super Mario 3D World''
YoshisHouseSMO.jpg|Flowers in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
SMO Sand Kingdom 8-Bit Luigi.jpg|Tumbleweeds in ''Super Mario Odyssey''
SMO Lake Courtyard.jpg|Bushes ([[Lake Kingdom]]) in ''Super Mario Odyssey''
SMO Wooded Brochure D.png|[[Soirée Bouquet]] in ''Super Mario Odyssey''
SMO Lost Brochure A.png|Bushes ([[Lost Kingdom]]) in ''Super Mario Odyssey''
SMO Metro Moon 17.png|Bushes ([[Metro Kingdom]]) in ''Super Mario Odyssey''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreign names
|Jap=草花<ref name=shoga>Kazuya Sakai (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan) (ed.). ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.]]'' (Japanese source). Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2015. Pages 185, 232. ISBN: 978-4-09-106569-8.</ref>
|JapR=Kusabana
|JapM=Usually translated as "flower" in English and used interchangeably with「花」(''hana'', flower) by Japanese speakers, but it sometimes more strictly means "of grass and flowers" (with「草」(''kusa'') meaning grass) or "plants with flowers" in an artistic sense;「草花」is sometimes applied to floral arrangements that include fruits or plants not even capable of flowering.
}}

==See also==
*[[Item container]] – a background object from the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' series that also releases items when interacted with

==References==
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