Editing Thorny flower

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{{species-infobox
|image=[[File:SMG Thorny Flower.png|200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]'' ([[List of games by date#2016|2016]])
|derived_species=[[Big Thorny Flower]]
}}

'''Thorny flowers'''<ref name=MPIT>As in the PAL version of ''Mario Party: Island Tour'', where they are referred to as such in the instructions for the minigame, Tour and Simple (Goomba to Maneuver in North America): ''"Get as many Goombas to the finish line as possible without leading them into the '''thorny flowers'''."''</ref>, also known as '''prickly plants'''<ref name=SMG>Black, Fletcher. ''Super Mario Galaxy'' [[Prima Games|PRIMA]] Official Game Guide, pages 170 and 171.</ref>, '''spikes'''<ref name=SMG2>Browne, Catherine. ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' [[Prima Games|PRIMA]] Official Game Guide, pages 112, 113 and 114.</ref> or '''{{wp|thistle}}s'''<ref>von Esmarch, Nick. ''Super Mario 3D Land'' [[Prima Games|PRIMA]] Official Game Guide. Page 187.</ref>, are red plants that serve as obstacles in several ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' games.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Galaxy'' / ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
[[File:Tropic_Planets.PNG|thumb|200px|left|Prickly plants in [[Good Egg Galaxy]]]]
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', prickly plants hurt [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] when touched, and the only way to destroy them is by attacking them with a [[Stretch Plant]], [[spin]]ning a [[coconut]] into them, or having [[Yoshi]] eat them.

There are three types: the standard variant, [[Big Thorny Flower|a larger variant]], and a floating variant. The larger variants, after being destroyed by a coconut, will reveal a [[Sling Star]] or [[Launch Star]] leading to another planet. The floating variants serve as obstacles in various areas, and are more common in certain galaxies, like the [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]], the [[Yoshi Star Galaxy]], and the [[Tall Trunk Galaxy]].

When touched by the [[Co-Star Luma]], prickly plants will retract their spikes, allowing Mario or Luigi to pass over them safely without needing to destroy them.
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====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
[[File:SpikyPlant3DLand.png|100px|thumb|right|A thistle in ''Super Mario 3D Land'']]
Thistles later appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', being first encountered in [[World 4-1 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 4-1]]. As of this game, their thorns are stubbier and are arranged in a globe, instead of being grown from the plant's calyx like in the previous games; their leaves also continuously rotate around their stems. They can be destroyed with a projectile (such as [[Fire Mario]]'s or Luigi's [[fireball]]s), a tail whip in [[Tanooki Mario|Tanooki]] form, by landing onto them in [[Statue Mario|statue form]] or by touching them while [[Invincible Mario|invincible]].

===''Mario Party'' series===
====''Mario Party: Island Tour''====
[[File:BigThornyFlower.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'', thorny flowers make an appearance in the minigame [[Goomba to Maneuver]], scattered on the path that the player needs to follow. The player needs to maneuver a line of [[Goomba]]s between them. Goombas that touch a thorny flower will be flung away, reducing the number of Goombas in the line. Thorny flowers appear in both normal and big sizes, with bigger ones becoming more common as the minigame progresses.
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====''Mario Party: Star Rush''====
In ''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]'', thorny flowers appear as obstacles in the minigame [[Leafboard Hoard]].

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=トゲ草<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', pages 136 and 170.</ref><br>''Toge Kusa''<br>トゲ植物<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D Land'' section, page 185.</ref><br>''Toge Shokubutsu''
|JapM=Thorn Grass (''Super Mario Galaxy'' and ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')<br><br>Thorn Plant (''Super Mario 3D Land'')
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==References==
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[[Category:Flowers]]
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[[Category:Super Mario 3D Land Objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy Objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy 2 Objects]]