Evil Flower

"When normal flowers draw up dark energy through the soil, they transform into this 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 appear exclusively on the PS3/Xbox360 version of Sonic Unleashed. This mutated flora can shoot energy balls at any enemy who passes by, they cannot move themselves. They only appear during the game's nighttime stages.

Overview
The Evil Flowers were created when the ancient creature named Dark Gaia awoke prematurely, due to the actions of Dr. Eggman, and ended up breaking apart. These pieces of the beast then spread across the world and gave birth to Dark Gaia's minions, the Evil Flowers some amongst them. The Evil Flowers themselves are a result of normal flowers absorbing Dark Gaia's evil energies through the soil and which then mutates into the Evil Flowers. They first appear in Savanna Citadel Night Act 1.

The Evil Flowers are not very strong or treating. They act mostly as sentry drones and always appear in groups. They attack Sonic the Werehog by shooting out purple energy balls, made of pure evil, that can travel long distances and it is their only method of attack. These shots can only travel in straight lines however, and is therefore easy to avoid. They also have very weak defenses and can therefore easily be taken out with a few hits. Also, since they are plants and are as a result rooted to the ground, they cannot move from their spot or avoid attacks.

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.

Appearance
The Evil Flowers mostly resemble a Taraxacum with a single flower. They have neon cyan leaves and flower stilks and a light purplish pseudanthium and spots.

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.