Minecraft:Flower

Template:Redirect Template:For Template:Infobox block Flowers are Minecraft:plants that occur in a variety of shapes and colors. Many of them can be Minecraft:crafted into various types of Minecraft:dye and/or Minecraft:suspicious stew, and some have unique properties. Minecraft:Bees collect nectar from most flower types, which they use to fill their home nests and hives with Minecraft:honey. Additionally, most flower types can be Template:Ctrl to Minecraft:breed bees.

Variants

Tall flowers

This article interchangeably uses the adjectives double and tall to describe these flowers, which are two blocks high:

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Other flowers

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Obtaining

Breaking

A flower can be broken instantly with any Minecraft:item or by hand, dropping itself. A flower also breaks if Minecraft:water runs over its location, or if a Minecraft:piston extends or pushes a Minecraft:block into its location.

Natural generation

Most flowers generate naturally on Minecraft:dirt and Minecraft:grass blocks as part of Minecraft:vegetation features in most Minecraft:biomes. Flowers can generate even if the biome is covered with Minecraft:snow. The tables in Template:Section link show the types of small flowers that can naturally spawn in each biome when a new Minecraft:chunk is generated, as well as the flowers that can spawn when Minecraft:bone meal is used on grass blocks.

Minecraft:Sunflowers generate in Minecraft:sunflower plains; Minecraft:lilacs, Minecraft:rose bushes, and Minecraft:peonies can be found in Minecraft:forests, Minecraft:flower forests, Minecraft:birch forests, Minecraft:old growth birch forests, and Minecraft:dark forests.

Minecraft:Wither roses, Minecraft:torchflowers, and Minecraft:pitcher plants, as well as Minecraft:golden dandelions, do not generate naturally at all.

Natural dandelions are found in Minecraft:plains and Minecraft:savanna Minecraft:villages; poppies in plains, savanna, Minecraft:taiga, and Minecraft:snowy plainsTemplate:Only villages; and oxeye daisies, cornflowers, and azure bluets in plains villages. Potted dandelions, poppies, blue orchids, alliums, azure bluets, red and white tulips, and oxeye daisies can be found in Minecraft:woodland mansions.

Flowers (and Minecraft:grass) can be found on Minecraft:dirt paths at Minecraft:villages, where the player cannot place them.

Flower biomes

Flowers marked "Natural generation only" can only spawn when the chunk is initially generated, not when using bone meal; flowers marked "Bone meal only" cannot generate naturally, but can be created by players using bone meal on a grass block in that biome (Template:Section link for more details).

Dandelions and poppies in Minecraft:jungles, Minecraft:bamboo jungles, Minecraft:sparse jungles, Minecraft:savannas, and Minecraft:savanna plateaus (but not Minecraft:windswept savanna) are twice as common as in other biomes.

Some biomes - such as deserts - are technically enabled to generate vegetation features containing flowers, but do not generate dirt or grass blocks on the surface in regular worlds. This means that flowers are normally not generated in these biomes in regular worlds. Flowers can still be grown in these biomes by using bone meal on grass blocks, and they can generate naturally if a dirt or grass block surface is provided in custom superflats or Minecraft:custom worlds.

Java Edition

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Bedrock Edition

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Flower gradients

In some biomes, the placement of flowers is determined by gradients. These are not affected by the Minecraft:world seed. Template:IN, gradients are three dimensional and change on the Y level, while Template:In they are consistent at every height.

Flower forests

In a Minecraft:flower forest, any given coordinate can spawn only one type of flower, resulting in a gradient (pictured below). The gradient runs as follows:

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Template:IN, additional randomness is applied during terrain generation, meaning that some flowers might not perfectly align to the gradient.

Minecraft:Peonies, Minecraft:lilacs, and Minecraft:rose bushes generate independently from the gradient. Template:IN, additional patches of lily of the valley are generated by a separate flower feature that does not follow the gradient and that cannot be regrown using bone meal.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

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• An example of how elevation affects the flower forest gradient in Java Edition
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Meadows

In Minecraft:meadows, up to 3 gradients intersect and overlap to create complex patterns. Like in flower forests, any given coordinate can spawn only one type of flower. Template:IN, the individual gradients run as follows:

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Using bone meal in areas of the gradient where only tall grass or short grass generates does not create any flower.

Template:IN, the gradients only affect naturally generated vegetation; bone meal completely ignores the gradients and only generates dandelions. The individual gradients run as follows:

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Plains

Minecraft:Plains and Minecraft:sunflower plains use a simpler gradient that allows tulips to generate only in rare areas where no other kinds of flower can spawn. Flower types are otherwise selected randomly: dandelions, poppies, azure bluets, oxeye daisies, and cornflowers outside the tulip areas (with dandelions being more common than the others), and any type of tulip inside the tulip areas. Minecraft:Sunflowers in sunflower plains generate independently from the gradient.

Template:IN, this pattern is also applied to Minecraft:dripstone caves and the Minecraft:deep dark, although flowers do not naturally generate there.

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Post-generation

When Minecraft:bone meal is applied to a Minecraft:grass block, flowers have a chance of generating instead of Minecraft:short grass on the targeted Minecraft:block and adjacent grass blocks in a 15×5×15 area Template:In, or a 7×5×7 area Template:In. In most biomes, the generated flower is picked randomly among all possible choices depending on the Minecraft:biome (see Template:Section link for a chart of flowers that can be grown in each biome). In a few biomes, however, a gradient is applied and the generated flower additionally depends on the X/Y/Z coordinates.

Double flowers, wither roses, and torchflowers cannot be obtained this way.

Template:IN, when bone meal is applied to a small flower (except wither rose, torchflower and golden dandelion), more flowers appear on adjacent grass blocks without generating any short grass. With the exception of dandelions and poppies, the flowers that form around are the same type as the original flower. In the case of dandelions, poppies occasionally appear, and vice versa for poppies. The flowers can appear up to 3 blocks away from the original, forming a 7×7 square.

Applying bone meal to a double flower (except pitcher plants) causes the flower to drop a copy of itself. This is the only renewable way to obtain double flowers.

Mob loot

Minecraft:Endermen can pick up any small flower; the flower is Minecraft:dropped if the enderman is killed while holding it.

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Trading

Minecraft:Wandering traders may sell 1 of most small flowers for a single emerald. They cannot sell Minecraft:wither roses, Minecraft:torchflowers, Minecraft:closed eyeblossoms, or any tall flowers. Template:Trade sources

Usage

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All of the blocks that flowers can be placed on. Dandelions represent small flowers, rose bushes represent large flowers, and wither roses represent additional blocks they can be placed on.

Most kinds of flowers can be planted on Minecraft:grass blocks, Minecraft:dirt, Minecraft:coarse dirt, Minecraft:rooted dirt, Minecraft:farmland, Minecraft:podzol, Minecraft:mycelium, Minecraft:moss blocks, Minecraft:pale moss blocks, Minecraft:mud, or Minecraft:muddy mangrove roots. Wither roses can also be planted on Minecraft:netherrack or Minecraft:soul sand. Template:IN, wither roses can also be planted on Minecraft:soul soil. One-block-tall flowers can be planted in a Minecraft:flower pot.

Most flowers can be crafted into Minecraft:dyes, and all small flowers can be used to craft Minecraft:suspicious stew.

Because many flowers are non-solid transparent Minecraft:blocks, they can be used (like Minecraft:torches) to break blocks that fall on them, such as Minecraft:sand.

Suspicious stew

Template:Main All small flowers can be used to create Minecraft:suspicious stew. When a flower is Template:Control on a brown Minecraft:mooshroom, the brown mooshroom produces a suspicious stew related to that flower the next time it is milked with a Minecraft:bowl. The mooshroom returns to producing regular mushroom stew until fed another flower. Eating one bowl of suspicious stew restores Template:Hunger Minecraft:hunger and 7.2 hunger saturation, as well as producing a brief status effect. Template:Crafting

Using different flowers results in different effects. All are short-lived, but some have lasting effects: Regeneration restores Template:Hp health, Poison inflicts up to Template:Hp damage, and Wither inflicts up to Template:Hp damage. The Saturation effect makes those stews a superfood: they restore up to 6 hunger and 12 saturation points on top of their food value, for a total of Template:Hunger and over 19 points of saturation. Suspicious Stew/Effects

Bees

Minecraft:Bees engage in a pollinating behavior with flowers. Bees will collect nectar from nearby flowers and bring it back to their hive, increasing the honey level in Minecraft:beehives and Minecraft:bee nests by 1. Certain plants will have their growth advanced if a bee carrying nectar flies overhead, "pollenating" the plant. Bees attempt to collect nectar from wither roses, although they get damaged in the process if the difficulty is higher than Minecraft:Peaceful.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> Bees also get inflicted with Minecraft:Poison when they touch an Minecraft:open eyeblossom and the difficulty is higher than Peaceful. Bees ignore and do not interact with golden dandelions and closed eyeblossoms. Template:IN, bees ignore Minecraft:snowlogged flowers.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Breeding

Dandelions can be used to lead, breed, and grow Minecraft:rabbits.

Most flowers can be used to lead, breed, and grow Minecraft:bees. Wither roses and open eyeblossoms can be used to lead bees, but feeding a bee with them inflicts the bee with Wither or Minecraft:Poison, respectively. Golden dandelions and closed eyeblossoms cannot lead, breed, or grow bees at all.

Bee nests

Minecraft:Oak, Minecraft:birch, and Minecraft:cherry trees grown from Minecraft:saplings that are within 2 blocks of any flower have a 5% chance to grow with a Minecraft:bee nest and 2-3 Minecraft:bees in it.

Composting

Placing any flower (except for the torchflower or a pitcher plant) into a Minecraft:composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1. A stack of flowers yields an average of 5.94 Minecraft:bone meal.

Placing a torchflower or a pitcher plant into a composter has a 85% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Golden dandelions cannot be composted.

Data values

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Block states

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History

Trivia

• Before they were added to Minecraft:Minecraft, white flowers were already present in Minecraft:Minicraft.

Gallery

Renders

Small Flowers

• Allium
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• Azure Bluet
  Azure Bluet
• Blue Orchid
  Blue Orchid
• Cornflower
  Cornflower
• Dandelion
  Dandelion
• Closed Eyeblossom
  Closed Eyeblossom
• Open Eyeblossom
  Open Eyeblossom
• Golden Dandelion
  Golden Dandelion
• Lily of the Valley
  Lily of the Valley
• Oxeye Daisy
  Oxeye Daisy
• Poppy
  Poppy
• Torchflower
  Torchflower
• Orange Tulip
  Orange Tulip
• Pink Tulip
  Pink Tulip
• Red Tulip
  Red Tulip
• White Tulip
  White Tulip
• Wither Rose
  Wither Rose

Tall Flowers

• Lilac
  Lilac
• Peony
  Peony
• Pitcher Plant
  Pitcher Plant
• Rose Bush
  Rose Bush
• Sunflower in Java Edition
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• Sunflower in Bedrock Edition
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Other Flowers

• Cherry Leaves in Java Edition
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• Cherry Leaves in Bedrock Edition
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• Age 0–4 Chorus Flower
  Age 0–4 Chorus Flower
• Age 5 Chorus Flower
  Age 5 Chorus Flower
• Flowering Azalea
  Flowering Azalea
• Flowering Azalea Leaves in Java Edition
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• Flowering Azalea Leaves in Bedrock Edition
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• Mangrove Propagule
  Mangrove Propagule
• Age 0 Hanging Mangrove Propagule
  Age 0 Hanging Mangrove Propagule
• Age 1 Hanging Mangrove Propagule
  Age 1 Hanging Mangrove Propagule
• Age 2 Hanging Mangrove Propagule
  Age 2 Hanging Mangrove Propagule
• Age 3 Hanging Mangrove Propagule
  Age 3 Hanging Mangrove Propagule
• Age 4 Hanging Mangrove Propagule
  Age 4 Hanging Mangrove Propagule
• 1 Pink Petal
  1 Pink Petal
• 2 Pink Petals
  2 Pink Petals
• 3 Pink Petals
  3 Pink Petals
• 4 Pink Petals
  4 Pink Petals
• Spore Blossom viewed from above in Java Edition
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• Spore Blossom viewed from above in Bedrock Edition
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• Spore Blossom viewed from below in Java Edition
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• Spore Blossom viewed from below in Bedrock Edition
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• 1 Wildflower
  1 Wildflower
• 2 Wildflowers
  2 Wildflowers
• 3 Wildflowers
  3 Wildflowers
• 4 Wildflowers
  4 Wildflowers
• Cactus Flower
  Cactus Flower

Screenshots

• Patches of flowers in a plains biome.
  Patches of flowers in a plains biome.
• Flowers in a forest biome.
  Flowers in a forest biome.
• Few small flower patches generated in a superflat world as a part of the village.
  Few small flower patches generated in a superflat world as a part of the village.
• A strange-looking flower from an internal development build.
  A strange-looking flower from an internal development build.
• The Minecraft:plains flower gradient.
  The Minecraft:plains flower gradient.
• The Minecraft:flower forest flower gradient Template:In.
  The Minecraft:flower forest flower gradient Template:In.
• The Minecraft:meadow flower gradient.
  The Minecraft:meadow flower gradient.
• Flowers generated around a lava lake. Some flowers have generated directly above the lava, in the air
  Flowers generated around a lava lake. Some flowers have generated directly above the lava, in the air

External links

• Taking Inventory: Sunflower – Minecraft.net on November 2, 2018
• Taking Inventory: Lilac – Minecraft.net on January 16, 2020
• Taking Inventory: Cornflower – Minecraft.net on November 24, 2022