Evil Flower

"When normal flowers draw up dark energy through the soil, they transform into this berserk hybrid. They spew pure evil at passersby, but are rooted firmly in place, making the immobile."

- Description of the Evil Flower in Sonic Unleashed (PS3/Xbox360)

The Evil Flower (イビル・フラワー) is one of the types of Dark Gaia's minions that appears exclusively on the PS3/Xbox360 version of Sonic Unleashed. These mutated floras can shoot energy balls at any enemy who passes by, but they cannot move around themselves. They only appear during the game's nighttime stages.

Overview
The creation of the Evil Flowers and the rest of Dark Gaia's minions occurred when Dark Gaia broke apart in the beginning of Sonic Unleashed due to its premature awakening by Dr. Eggman. These fragments were then spread across the Earth and became Dark Gaia's minions, with the Evil Flowers some amongst them. The Evil Flowers themselves are created from flowers that have been mutated after absorbing Dark Gaia's evil energies through the soil. They first appear in Savanna Citadel Night Act 1.

The Evil Flowers are not very strong or treating, as they can easily be taken out with a few hits and cannot move away to avoid damage. They act mostly as sentry drones and always appear in groups.

All of the Evil Flowers and the rest of their kind were later returned to Dark Gaia following the remaking of the beast itself, which was later defeated and sealed inside Earth's core.

Physical Appearance
The Evil Flowers mostly resemble a Dandy lion with a single flower. They have cyan and true blue leaves and flower stalks with carnation pink spots, and carnation pink florets.

Powers and Abilities
The Evil Flowers possesses limited energy projection, allowing them to fire hazardous pink energy balls made of pure evil from the center of their flower. However, they have limited movements because they are still rooted to the ground after their mutation, meaning they cannot move from the spot where they are growing.

Attack Patterns
The Evil Flowers' only means of attacking the player are by shooting energy balls at the player whenever he/she get close enough to them. These energy shots, however, are slow and can only travel in straight lines, and is therefore easy to avoid.

Trivia

 * Since the Evil Flower is deemed immobile, it leaves the question of how the Evil Flowers could travel to Eggmanland in order to rejoin Dark Gaia.