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(Note that, despite the console/handheld redesign and different Japanese names, these objects do have the same internal name, as mentioned on the talk page.)
(There are at least four inconsistent descriptors; this one applies to most (if not all) of the games and is the closest to a real name.)
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'''Thorny flowers'''<ref>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> are red prickly plants that serve as obstacles in several ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' games.
'''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==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Galaxy'' / ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
====''Super Mario Galaxy'' / ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
[[File:Tropic_Planets.PNG|thumb|200px|left|Thorny flowers in [[Good Egg Galaxy]]]]
[[File:Tropic_Planets.PNG|thumb|200px|left|Prickly plants in [[Good Egg Galaxy]]]]
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', thorny flowers 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.
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]].
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]], thorny flowers will retract their spikes, allowing Mario or Luigi to pass over them safely without needing to destroy them.
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''====
====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
[[File:SpikyPlant3DLand.png|100px|thumb|right|A thorny flower in ''Super Mario 3D Land'']]
[[File:SpikyPlant3DLand.png|100px|thumb|right|A thistle in ''Super Mario 3D Land'']]
Thorny flowers later appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', being first encountered in [[World 4-1 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 4-1]]. The [[Prima Games|Prima]] guide refers to them as '''{{wp|thistle}}s'''.<ref>von Esmarch, Nick. ''Super Mario 3D Land'' [[Prima Games]] guide. Page 187.</ref> 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]].
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'' series===
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