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This '''list of fictional plants''' describes invented plants that appear in works of [[fiction]].
==In fiction==
[[File:Little Shop of Horrors gore.JPG|thumb|Audrey Jr. being fed in ''[[The Little Shop of Horrors]]'' (1960)]]
*'''Audrey Jr.''': A human-eating plant in the 1960 film ''[[The Little Shop of Horrors]]''
**'''Audrey II''': A singing, fast-talking alien plant with a taste for human blood in the stage show ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]'' and [[Little Shop of Horrors (film)|the 1986 film of the same name]].
* '''Bat-thorn''': A plant, similar to [[Aconitum|wolfsbane]], offering protection against [[vampire]]s in ''[[Mark of the Vampire]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/82936/mark-of-the-vampire|title=Mark of the Vampire (1935) - Overview - TCM.com|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>
*'''[[Biollante]]''': A [[kaiju]] created using [[Godzilla]] and plant DNA.
*'''Bush of many uses''': A bush native to Vergon 6 in ''[[Futurama]]''.
*'''[[Bas-Lag#Cactacae|Cactacae]]''': A sentient, cactus-like species from [[China Miéville]]'s ''[[Bas-Lag]]'' series.
*'''[[Dyson tree]]''': A hypothetical [[genetic engineering|genetically engineered]] plant capable of growing on a comet, suggested by the physicist [[Freeman Dyson]].
*'''Flower of Life''': A flower featured in some anime series: ''[[The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross]]'', ''[[Robotech]]'', and ''[[Nurse Angel Ririka SOS]].''
* '''G'Quan Eth''': A plant indigenous to the [[Narn]] homeworld, used as incense in religious ceremonies from ''[[Babylon 5]]''. It is ritually burned as incense, and its seeds are a narcotic for [[Centauri (Babylon 5)|Centauri]] when dropped in [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]].<ref name="midwint">{{cite web|url=http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/synops/012.html|title=Synopsis: "By Any Means Necessary"|website=www.midwinter.com}}</ref>
*'''[[Inkvine]]''': A creeping plant that is used as a whip in the [[Dune (franchise)|''Dune'' universe]].
*'''[[The Integral Trees|Integral Trees]]''': Enormous trees from the science-fiction novel ''[[The Integral Trees]]'' by [[Larry Niven]]. They are 100 kilometers long and have a leafy "tuft" at each end oriented in opposite directions forming an ∫, the [[integral]] symbol.
*'''[[Kite-Eating Tree]]''': A tree featured in the [[comic strip]] ''[[Peanuts]]''.
*'''[[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Krynoid|Krynoid]]''': An extraterrestrial carnivorous plant in episode "[[The Seeds of Doom]]" from ''[[Doctor Who]].''
*'''[[Lexx#Recurring|Lyekka]]''': A plant able to take the form of humans, usually a woman, in the TV-series ''[[Lexx]]''.
* '''''Mariphasa lupina lumina'' (Wolf Flower)''': A rare selenotropic, phosphorescent plant found only in the mountains of [[Tibet]] from ''[[Werewolf of London]].''
*'''The Mendacity Tree''': A tree that grows when lies are whispered to it, and bears hallucinogenic fruit, in [[Frances Hardinge]]'s novel ''[[The Lie Tree]]''.
*'''Plant Men of Barsoom''': A race of humanoid plants from the [[Barsoom|Martian novels]] of [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]
*'''Re-annual plants''': Plants in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'' series which flower and grow before their seed germinates.
*'''Red weed''': A red Martian plant appearing in ''[[The War of the Worlds]]''.
*'''Sapient pearwood''': A rare species of plant in Terry Pratchett's ''[[Discworld]]'' series. It can grant other objects sapience.
*'''Snake vine''': A dusky, variegated vine originating from ''[[The Sword of Truth]]''. Its bite contains deadly tooth-like thorns that burrow into the skin and eventually kill the victim.
*'''''Serenna veriformans''''': A fictional plant that appears in the ''[[Jurassic Park (franchise)|Jurassic Park]]'' franchise.
*'''Sukebind''': A fictional flower in the novel ''[[Cold Comfort Farm]]'' by [[Stella Gibbons]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113396801524116225|title=Think Your Family Is Strange? Spend Time With the Starkadders|author=Cynthia Crossen|website=The Wall Street Journal|date=9 December 2005|access-date=10 July 2020}}</ref>
*'''Tesla trees''': Large trees from the planet Hyperion in ''[[Hyperion Cantos]]''. They can absorb and release electricity via their crown.
*'''Tree-of-Life''': The ancestor of [[yam (vegetable)|yams]], with similar appearance and taste, from [[Larry Niven]]'s ''[[Known Space]]'' novels.
*'''[[Triffid]]s''': Carnivorous plants which possess a whip-like poisonous sting as well as mobility by three foot-like appendages, from the novel ''[[The Day of the Triffids]]'' (1951) by [[John Wyndham]]. They subsequently appeared in a radio series (BBC, 1960), a motion picture (1962), a TV series (BBC, 1981) and a sequel novel, ''[[The Night of the Triffids]]'' (2001) by [[Simon Clark (novelist)|Simon Clark]].
===In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth===
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*'''Aeglos''': A plant similar to a [[gorse]], named for the [[Elvish]] 'snow-thorn'<ref name="Judd 2017">{{cite book |last1=Judd |first1=Walter S. |last2=Judd |first2=Graham A. |title=Flora of Middle-Earth: Plants of J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CwpDwAAQBAJ |year=2017 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-027631-7 |pages=73–346}}</ref>
*'''Athelas''': A healing plant with long leaves (also known as ''Kingsfoil'' or ''asëa aranion'').<ref name="Judd 2017"/><ref>''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "Flight to the Ford"</ref><ref>''[[The Return of the King]]'', "The Houses of Healing", Index IV</ref>
*'''Elanor''': A small star-shaped yellow flower from [[Tol Eressëa]] and [[Lothlórien]].<ref name="Judd 2017"/>
*'''Mallorn''': A huge tree with green-and-silver leaves turning golden in autumn and remaining so till spring,<ref name="Judd 2017"/> upon which the Elves of Lothlórien housed.<ref>''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "Lothlórien"</ref>
*'''Nimloth''': The White Tree of Númenor, a seedling of Celeborn, a seedling of Galathilion, created in the image of [[Telperion]].<ref name="Coming of the Elves" group=T>''[[The Silmarillion]]'', "Quenta Silmarillion", ch. 3 "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"</ref><ref group=T>''[[The Silmarillion]]'', "Quenta Silmarillion", ch. 8 "Of the Darkening of Valinor"</ref><ref name="Judd 2017"/>
*'''Niphredil''': A small white flower from [[Doriath (Middle-earth)|Doriath]] and Lothlórien.<ref name="Judd 2017"/>
*'''Pipe-weed''': "A strain of the herb [[nicotiana]]" ([[tobacco]]); varieties mentioned include Longbottom Leaf, Old Toby, Southern Star (grown in [[the Shire]]) and Southlinch, from [[Bree (Middle-earth)|Bree]].<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', "Prologue"</ref><ref>''[[The Return of the King]]'', "Homeward Bound"</ref>
*'''Oiolairë''': An evergreen fragrant tree highly esteemed by the [[Númenóreans]].<ref name="Judd 2017"/><ref>''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', "A Description of the Island of Númenor"</ref>
*'''Simbelmynë''': A white flower that grew in [[Gondolin]] and [[Rohan (Middle-earth)|Rohan]] (also known as Evermind and Alfirin).<ref name="Judd 2017"/><ref>''[[The Two Towers]]'', "The King of the Golden Hall"</ref>
*'''[[Two Trees of Valinor]]''': Magic trees that illuminated the [[Valinor|Blessed Realm]] in ancient times.<ref name="Judd 2017"/>
===In J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' series===
* '''Bubotuber:''' A slug-like plant whose essence is useful in treating pimples.
* '''Chinese Chomping Cabbage:''' A flesh-eating plant featured in ''[[Hogwarts Legacy]]''.
* '''Devil's Snare''': A vine that prefers to grow in damp and dark areas and tangles its victims to death. [[Professor Sprout]] uses the Devil's Snare, among other objects, to protect the [[Philosopher's stone|Philosopher's Stone]].
* '''Dirigible plum:''' A tree with fruits that grow upside-down.
* '''Dittany''': A herb with powerful medicinal properties.
* '''Fanged Geranium'''
*'''Gillyweed''': A seaweed-like plant that grants temporary fish-like characteristics to those who ingest it.
*'''Gurdyroot''': A plant that resembles a green onion. It is the basis for a foul-tasting purple infusion brewed by the [[Lovegood]]s to fend off Gulping Plimpies.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rowling|first=J. K.|title=[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]|date=2005|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]]|isbn=0-7475-8108-8|chapter=Lord Voldemort's Request}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Rowling|first=J. K.|title=[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]|date=2007|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]]|isbn=978-0-545-01022-1|chapter=The Tale of the Three Brothers}}</ref> Considered not very original by gardening expert Charles Elliott, depending on a funny name for effect.<ref name="CE">{{Cite book|last=Elliott|first=Charles|title=Why Every Man Needs a Tractor|url=https://archive.org/details/whyeverymanneeds0000elli|url-access=registration|date=2011|publisher=[[Frances Lincoln Publishers|Frances Lincoln]]|isbn=978-0711232396|___location=London|page=?}}</ref>
*'''Honking Daffodil'''[[File:The Making of Harry Potter 29-05-2012 (Mandrake).jpg|thumb|A Mandrake prop on display at [[Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden|Warner Bros. Studio Tour London: The Making of Harry Potter]].]]
*'''Leaping toadstool'''
*'''[[Mandrake]]''': Tubers that look like babies when young. Their screams can kill when fully grown. A potion made from mature mandrakes can reverse petrification.
*'''Mimbulus mimbletonia''': A cactus-like plant.
*'''Snargaluff:''' A flesh-eating tree.
*'''Venomous tentacula'''
*'''{{Visible anchor|The Whomping Willow|Whomping Willow|text=The Whomping Willow}}''': A tree with mobile, club-like branches.
=== In Brandon Sanderson's ''Cosmere'' Series ===
;On the planet Roshar ''([[The Stormlight Archive]])''
* '''Firemoss:''' A red-brown moss that, when activated by rubbing between the thumb and forefinger, releases wisps of smoke that create feelings of euphoria when inhaled and is used as a recreational drug.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sanderson, Brandon|title=Oathbringer|isbn=978-0-7653-2637-9|edition=First|___location=New York|oclc=969863614|date=2017-11-14}}</ref> Firemoss is highly addictive, limiting its medicinal use, though it is sometimes used to reduce cranial swelling and offer pain relief.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Sanderson, Brandon |title=The Way of Kings |date=2010-08-31 |isbn=978-0-7653-2635-5 |___location=New York |oclc=471819495}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Sanderson, Brandon.|title=Words of Radiance|year=2014|isbn=978-0-7653-2636-2|edition=First|___location=New York|oclc=867184929}}</ref>
* '''Knobweed:''' Like most of the plants found on Rohsar, knobweed has adapted to survive the planet's harsh storms. The reed-like stalk anchors itself directly to stone and the frond found at the top of the stalk has the ability to contract and retreat into the stalk during storms for protection. Knobweed reproduces by releasing fluffy [[Pappi|pappuses]] that carry seeds into the air. The milky white sap found inside knobweed stems is a natural and highly valuable antiseptic used in the field and by established apothecaries.<ref name=":0" />
* '''Prickletac:''' Prickletac plants are the colonies of much smaller living buds. As each generation of buds dies it converts to a hard, stony material which the next generation builds upon.<ref name=":1" /> Prickletac's reproductive system is based on this oddity – when a 'limb' grows too large it breaks off and falls to the ground, scattering living buds. Also known as ''Twisted Spine''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deviantart.com/inkthinker/art/The-Way-of-Kings-Rockbuds-181132024|title=The Way of Kings - Rockbuds by Inkthinker on DeviantArt|website=www.deviantart.com|date=October 2010 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref>
* '''Rockbuds:''' Rockbud is both a general term for several shelled plants on Roshar, including ''Lavis Polyps'', ''Vinebuds'', and ''Prickletac Shrubs'', and the proper name for a specific plant. The true Rockbud plant is a shelled plant containing lengthy tendrils that reach out to lap up water (and occasionally animal blood).<ref name=":0" /> The size of fully grown rockbuds depends largely on climate. In colder climates they grow no larger than a human fist, while rockbuds in warm climates can grow to the size of a barrel.<ref name=":1" /> Rockbuds are harvested for consumption, limited medicinal uses, and paper making.
* '''Shalebark''': A class of stony, fanlike plants often used for decoration and landscaping.<ref name=":0" />
;On the planet Nalthis ''([[Warbreaker]])''
* '''Tears of Edgli:''' Vibrantly colored flowers that grow only in the temperate T'Telir climate. Highly valuable both economically and magically.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sanderson, Brandon.|title=Warbreaker|date=2009|publisher=Tor|isbn=978-0-7653-2030-8|edition=1st|___location=New York|oclc=276334993}}</ref>
;On the planet First of the Sun ''(Sixth of the Dusk)'';
* '''Unnamed Telepathic Trees:''' Many flora and fauna on this planet communicate with a form of natural telepathy. Certain unnamed plants living on the islands that make up the Pantheon send false thoughts of wounded or frightened animals to attract predators, which often fight and leave victims dead near enough to the tree to provide nutrition. These plants are not directly carnivorous.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sanderson, Brandon|title=Sixth of the dusk : a Cosmere novella|isbn=978-1-938570-07-0|___location=[American Fork, UT]|oclc=894996388|date=2014-10-17}}</ref>
;On the planet Taldain ''([[White Sand (graphic novel)|White Sand]]'' series)
* '''Dorim vines:''' Dorim vines live under the sand that covers most of Taldain's Dayside continent, reaching down to the water table where they fill themselves with water as a defensive mechanism against predators – the hard shells of many of the continents animals is dissolved by contact with water. Pouring water onto sand draws nearby vines out of the ground.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sanderson, Brandon|title=White Sand Volume 1|others=Hoskin, Rik,, Gopez, Julius M.,, Campbell, Sophie, 1979-|year=2016|isbn=978-1-60690-885-3|___location=Mt. Laurel, NJ|oclc=953421413}}</ref>
===In ''Dungeons & Dragons''===
The role-playing game ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' has a number of, according to Charles Elliott "not-very-ingenious", imaginary plant species,<ref name="CE"/> as well as "a taxonomy of fungal horrors", which Ben Woodard considers eerie not only for their poisonous nature, but because many have the ability to move.<ref name="BW">{{Cite book|last=Woodard|first=Ben|title=Slime Dynamics|date=2012|publisher=[[Zero Books]]|isbn=978-1-78099-248-8|___location=Winchester, Washington|page=32}}</ref>
*'''Basidirond''': A giant multi-stemmed fungus creature.<ref>{{Cite book | author = [[Gary Gygax]] | title = [[Monster Manual II]]| date = August 1983 | publisher = [[TSR, Inc]] | isbn = 0-88038-031-4 | page = 15}}</ref>
*'''Hangman tree''': A tree that will attempt to strangle anyone who ventures under it.<ref name="MM2e">{{Cite book|editor=[[Doug Stewart (game designer)|Doug Stewart]]|title=[[Monstrous Manual]]|date=June 1993|publisher=[[TSR, Inc.]]|isbn=1-5607-6619-0}}</ref>
*'''Kelpie''': A shape-shifting mass of animate seaweed that can imitate a woman or other creatures, and drowns its victims.<ref name="MM2e"/>
*'''Myconid''': A "race of [man-sized] sentient fungus creatures", "some of which pack a mean punch", and which have the "ability to spray poisons that can disable their foes".<ref name=SB>{{Cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/dungeons-and-dragons-powerful-weak-monsters-ranked/ |title=Dungeons & Dragons: 10 Most Powerful (And 10 Weakest) Monsters, Ranked |last=Baird |first=Scott |date=May 20, 2018 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |access-date=March 16, 2022}}</ref>
*'''Oaken defender''': An enormous disk-shaped plant that lives in dryad groves and assists in their defense.<ref>{{Cite book | author = [[Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel]] | title = [[Monster Manual IV]] | date = July 2006 | publisher = [[Wizards of the Coast]] | isbn = 0-7869-3920-6}}</ref>
*'''Obliviax''': A black moss that steals memories from intelligent creatures.<ref name="MM2e"/> The obliviax appeared on [[Geek.com]]'s list of "The most underrated monsters of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons", because ingesting the moss can transfer the memories, an "interesting" concept which lends itself to "Christopher Nolan-esque adventures that will be both universally applauded and terribly confusing at the same time.".<ref name=URM>{{cite web|url=https://www.geek.com/games/underrated-monsters-of-advanced-dungeons-dragons-1659543/|author=The Retroist|title=The most underrated monsters of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons|date=2016-06-27|publisher=[[Geek.com]]|access-date=2019-12-13|archive-date=2019-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002013452/https://www.geek.com/games/underrated-monsters-of-advanced-dungeons-dragons-1659543/}}</ref>
*'''Phantom fungus''':<ref name="BW"/> A dangerous subterranean plant that grapples victims with tentacles.<ref name="MM3.5e">{{Cite book | author = [[Skip Williams]], [[Jonathan Tweet]], [[Monte Cook]] | title = [[Monster Manual]] | date = July 2003 | publisher = [[Wizards of the Coast]] | isbn = 0-7869-2893-X}}</ref>
*'''Shambling mound''':<ref name="BW"/> An atrocious plant-like creature, also called a shambler.<ref name="MM2e"/>
*'''Shrieker''': Ambulatory fungus,<ref name="BW"/> which "can be used as cheap alarm systems for Underdark societies, but they possess no combat abilities of their own. The only thing a shrieker can do is shriek". Scott Baird of ''[[Screen Rant]]'' ranked the Shrieker among the weakest monsters in the game.<ref name=SB/>
*'''Tendriculos''': An enormous, savage, sentient plant resembling a huge, tangled shrubbery.<ref name="MM3.5e"/>
*'''[[Treant]]''': Sentient, humanoid trees who protect forests from antagonists.<ref name="MM2e"/>
*'''Vegepygmy''': A "mold man", a former human transformed by russet mold.<ref name="MM2e"/>
*'''Wood woad''': A creature resembling big, burly, bestial men made entirely of wood and bark bearing, but without foliage.<ref>{{Cite book |author = [[Andrew Finch]], [[Gwendolyn Kestrel]], [[Chris Perkins (game designer)|Chris Perkins]] |title = [[Monster Manual III]] |date = September 2004 |publisher = [[Wizards of the Coast]] |isbn = 0-7869-3430-1 |page = 196}}</ref>
*'''Yellow musk creeper''':<ref name="BW"/> A [[Parthenocissus|creeping plant]] that drains the intelligence of its victims, killing them or turning them into "yellow musk [[zombie]]s" under the plant's control.<ref name="MM2e"/>
===In ''Monty Python's Flying Circus''===
The following plants appear in the [[David Attenborough]] sketch of the [[List of Monty Python's Flying Circus episodes#6. Party Political Broadcast|last ''Monty Python'' episode.]]
* '''Angolan sauntering tree (''Amazellus robin ray'')'''.
* '''Gambian sidling bush'''.
* '''Puking Tree of Mozambique'''.
* '''The Turkish little rude plant'''.
* '''Walking tree of Dahomey (''Quercus nicholas parsonus'')'''.
===In ''Avatar''===
In the ''[[Avatar (franchise)|Avatar]]'' franchise, plants on [[Fictional universe of Avatar|Pandora]] have evolved according to the characteristics of their environment, which has a thicker atmosphere than Earth. Pandoran plants can communicate via a phenomenon called 'signal transduction'.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://phys.org/news/2010-03-avatar.html | title=Avatar's New Twist on Plants }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://d23.com/dont-miss-these-amazing-disney-details-in-pandora/ | title=Don't Miss These Amazing Disney Details in Pandora – the World of Avatar | date=4 May 2017 }}</ref>
===In video games===
Video games frequently feature fictional plants as items that can be collected by the player, or occasionally appear as non-player characters.
* The ''[[Monster Hunter]]'' series has multiple fictional flowers and plants that can be gathered by the player character, including nulberries, might seeds, flowferns, and dragonstrike nuts.
*The titular plants from the ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]'' series, which are used to defeat [[zombie]] enemies.
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' series, plants play a significant role. In many games, bomb flowers allow [[Link (The Legend of Zelda)|Link]] to explode rocks and obstacles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cardaro |first=Brett |date=May 1, 2023 |title=''Tears of the Kingdom'' Brings Back a Classic (& Quirky) Zelda Weapon |url=https://www.cbr.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-preview-bomb-flower-zelda/ |access-date=December 20, 2024 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |language=en}}</ref> In ''[[Breath of the Wild]]'' and ''[[Tears of the Kingdom]]'', Link can collect plants that grant him buffs when cooked.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tapsell |first=Chris |date=March 2, 2018 |title=''Zelda: Breath of the Wild'' cooking explained - ingredients list, bonus effects, and how to cook with the cooking pot |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-cooking-ingredients-list-bonus-effects-how-to-cook-with-the-cooking-pot-4857 |access-date=December 20, 2024 |work=Euro Gamer |language=en}}</ref> The Great Deku Tree, the guardian of the Korok Forest, is a recurring character in the franchise.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fontes |first=Renan |date=February 22, 2022 |title=''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' is a Beautiful Tragedy About Growing Up |url=https://goombastomp.com/legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-tragedy-story-analysis/ |access-date=December 20, 2024 |website=Goomba Stomp Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramos |first=Jeff |date=March 15, 2017 |title=How to get the Master Sword in ''Zelda: Breath of the Wild'' |url=https://www.polygon.com/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-guide-walkthrough/2017/3/15/14912604/how-to-get-master-sword-botw |access-date=December 20, 2024 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yu |first=Johnny |date=May 12, 2023 |title=How to cure the Deku Tree's stomach in ''Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom'' |url=https://www.polygon.com/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-guide/23713860/korok-forest-gloom-deku-tree-chasm-phantom-ganon |access-date=December 20, 2024 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref>
*'''Broc Flower''': A medicinal plant appearing in the ''[[Fallout (franchise)|Fallout]]'' series.
*Various [[Pokémon]] species are Grass-type or based on plants. Prominent Grass-type Pokémon include the starter Pokémon [[Bulbasaur]] and [[Sprigatito, Floragato, and Meowscarada]].
*'''Candypop Bud''': A flower found in the ''[[Pikmin]]'' series. They transform Pikmin thrown into them into a certain color.
*'''Chuck the Plant''': A plant found in several of [[LucasArts]]' games.
*'''Elowan''': A race of plant-like creatures in ''[[Starflight]]'' computer game.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.att.net/~starflight.choreo/races/elo.htm |title=Starflight Command |access-date=2007-04-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518063251/http://home.att.net/~starflight.choreo/races/elo.htm |archive-date=2007-05-18 }} {{Self-published source|date=September 2014}}</ref>
*'''Fire Flower''': A flower from the ''[[Mario]]'' series that transforms [[Mario]] into Fire Mario.
*'''Flowah''': A sunflower-like monster from ''[[My Singing Monsters]]''.
*'''[[Flowey]]''': A sentient flower who is one of the main antagonists of ''[[Undertale]]''.
*'''Genesis trees''': Trees located in the world of Legaia from the video game ''[[Legend of Legaia]]''. They can keep a large area free of the Mist.
*'''''Laganaphyllis simnovorii''''': A carnivorous cow-like plant found in ''[[The Sims]]'' series of games, commonly known as the Cowplant.
*'''Lunar Tears''', from the ''[[Nier]]'' series.
*'''Nirnroot''': A rare, alchemical plant from ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' series.
*'''Plantera''': A massive pink flower from the game ''[[Terraria]]'', resembling a [[venus flytrap]].
*'''[[Piranha Plant]]''': Plants with mouths from the ''[[Mario]]'' series, often depicted as sentient. An individual Piranha Plant appears as a playable [[Downloadable content|DLC]] character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Charlie |date=November 1, 2018 |title=''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' pre-orders include a playable Piranha Plant fighter |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/11/1/18051652/piranha-plant-super-mario-super-smash-bros-ultimate-characters |access-date=December 20, 2024 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref>
*'''Potbelly''': A flytrap-like monster from ''[[My Singing Monsters]]''.
*'''Supox utricularia''': A race of kind, sentient plant creatures from the ''[[Star Control]]'' series.
*'''Sylvari''': A race of sapient plant people in the MMO ''[[Guild Wars 2]]'', available as a playable race.
*'''[[Wumpa Fruit]]''': A collectible fruit in the ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' franchise.
*'''Xander Root''': A medicinal plant appearing in the ''[[Fallout (franchise)|Fallout]]'' series.
===In comics===
* The '''Black Mercy''' is an extraterrestrial plant appearing in the [[DC Comics]] universe that forces those it attaches to to witness a simulation of their greatest desire. It plays a prominent role in the story "[[For the Man Who Has Everything]]", where [[Mongul]] uses it on [[Superman]].<ref name="ActionAnnual11">[[Moore, Alan]] (w), [[Gibbons, Dave]] (a). "[[For the Man Who Has Everything]]", ''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]] [[Annual publication|Annual]]'' #11 (1985). [[DC Comics]].</ref>
* The '''[[Cotati (comics)|Cotati]]''' are a plant-like species from the [[Marvel Comics]] universe who originate from the same planet as the [[Kree]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Darowski |first1=Joseph J. |title=The Ages of the Avengers: Essays on the Earth's Mightiest Heroes in Changing Times |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=November 2014 |isbn=9780786474585 |pages=27}}</ref>
==In mythology==
[[File:Oluf Olufsen Bagge - Yggdrasil, The Mundane Tree 1847 - full page.jpg|thumb|upright|An 1847 illustration of the [[world tree]] [[Yggdrasil]], by {{ill|Oluf Bagge|da}}]]
* '''[[Aglaophotis]]''': A type of Peony said to be magical.
*'''Austras koks''': A tree which grows from the start of the Sun's daily journey across the sky in [[Latvian mythology]].
* '''Barnacle tree''': A mythical tree believed in the [[Middle Ages]] to have barnacles that opened to reveal [[Barnacle goose|geese]]. The story may have started from [[goose barnacle]]s growing on [[driftwood]].
*'''[[Fern flower]]''': A magic plant in [[Baltic mythology]] thought to only bloom one night, sought by lovers.
*'''[[Lotus tree]]''': A plant in Greek mythology bearing a fruit that causes pleasant drowsiness.
*'''[[Moly (herb)|Moly]]''': A magic herb in Greek mythology with a black root and white blossoms.
*'''[[Raskovnik]]''': A magic plant in [[Serbian folklore|Serbian mythology]] which can open any lock.
*'''[[Vegetable Lamb of Tartary]]''': A mythical plant supposed by medieval thinkers to explain the existence of cotton.
*'''[[Yggdrasil]]''': The [[world tree]] of [[Norse mythology]].
==Hoaxes==
*'''[[Man-eating plant]]''': A fictitious tree in the forests of [[Madagascar]] that possesses mobile, ensnaring stems.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}
*'''[[Spaghetti-tree hoax|Spaghetti tree]]''': A tree from which spaghetti is harvested. It was an [[April Fool's Day]] joke launched by the [[BBC]] TV programme ''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' in 1957.
==See also==
* [[Talking trees]]
* [[Tree (mythology)]]
* [[World tree]]
* [[Tree of life (disambiguation)]]
==Further reading==
*{{Cite book|last=Elliott|first=Charles|title=Why Every Man Needs a Tractor|url=https://archive.org/details/whyeverymanneeds0000elli|url-access=registration|date=2011|publisher=[[Frances Lincoln Publishers|Frances Lincoln]]|isbn=978-0711232396|___location=London|chapter=Imaginary Plants}}
*{{cite book |author-first=T.S. |author-last=Miller |editor-first=Jeffrey |editor-last=Weinstock |date=2014 |title=The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters |publisher=[[Ashgate Publishing]] |chapter=Plants, Monstrous |pages=470–475}}
==Notes==
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==References==
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