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Sunflora キマワリ Kimawari
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Type	Grass
Species	Sun Pokémon
Height	2′07″ (0.8m)
Weight	18.7 lbs. (8.5kg)
Abilities	Chlorophyll
	Solar Power
Egg group	Plant
Time to hatch	5,120 steps
Effort yield	2 SpA
Exp. yield	146 base exp.
Lv100 at	1,059,860 exp.
Gender	50% ♀ / 50% ♂
Pokédex color	Yellow
Catch rate	120
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Sunflora (Japanese: キマワリ Kimawari) is a Grass-type Pokémon.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.1.2 Special abilities 1.2 Behavior 1.3 Habitat 1.4 Diet 2 In the anime 3 In the manga 3.1 In the Pokémon Special manga 4 In the TCG 5 Game data 5.1 Pokédex entries 5.2 Game locations 5.2.1 In side games 5.3 Base stats 5.4 Type effectiveness 5.5 Learnset 5.5.1 By leveling up 5.5.2 By TM/HM 5.5.3 By breeding 5.6 Side game data 5.7 Evolution 5.8 Sprites 5.9 Trivia 5.9.1 Origin 5.9.1.1 Name origin 5.10 In other languages 6 Related articles 7 External links

Biology

Physiology

Sunflora's body is obviously based on a sunflower. It has two toes on each foot and petals around its face.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Behavior

Sunflora are only awake during the day, they awake as soon as the Sun rises and close their petals to go to sleep as soon as the Sun sets.

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Sunflora made its anime debut in Grin to Win, when the citizens of Bloomingvale held their annual Sunflora contest.

Many Sunflora appear in Moving Pictures.

Sunflora also started to appear under the ownership of Nando beginning in A Secret Sphere of Influence.

A Sunflora made an appearance in The Rise of Darkrai.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Special manga

Due to the rocks in Ilex Forest reflecting solar energy like the Sun Stone, Gold's Sunkern evolves into Sunflora.

In the TCG

Main article: Sunflora (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
II	Gold	It converts sunlight into energy. In the darkness after sunset, it closes its petals and becomes still.
	Silver	In the daytime, it rushes about in a hectic manner, but it comes to a complete stop when the sun sets.
	Crystal	As the hot season approaches, the petals on this Pokémon's face become more vivid and lively.
	Stadium 2	It converts sunlight into energy. In the darkness after sunset, it closes its petals and becomes still.
III	Ruby	Sunflora converts solar energy into nutrition. It moves around actively in the daytime when it is warm. It stops moving as soon as the sun goes down for the night.
	Sapphire	Sunflora converts solar energy into nutrition. It moves around actively in the daytime when it is warm. It stops moving as soon as the sun goes down for the night.
	Emerald	Sunflora convert solar energy into nutrition. They are highly active in the warm daytime but suddenly stop moving as soon as the sun sets.
	FireRed	In the daytime, it rushes about in a hectic manner, but it comes to a complete stop when the sun sets.
	LeafGreen	It converts sunlight into energy. In the darkness after sunset, it closes its petals and becomes still.
IV	Diamond	It gets energy from warm sunlight and is known for its habit of moving in pursuit of it.
	Pearl	It gets energy from warm sunlight and is known for its habit of moving in pursuit of it.

Game locations

Gen	Game	Rarity	Location
II	Pokémon Gold and Silver	None	Evolve Sunkern
	Pokémon Crystal	None	Evolve Sunkern
III	Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	None	Trade
	Pokémon Emerald	None	Evolve Sunkern
	Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen	None	Trade
	Pokémon Colosseum	One	Realgam Tower (Shadow)
	Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness	None	Trade
IV	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	None	Evolve Sunkern
	Pokémon Platinum		Unknown
	Pal Park		Field

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Trozei!	Endless Level 54 Endless Level 58 Forever Level 4 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon	Evolve from Sunkern

Base stats

HP:	75
Attack:	75
Defense:	55
SpAtk:	105
SpDef:	85
Speed:	30

Type effectiveness

Weakness	Resistance
Flying: 2× Poison: 2× Bug: 2× Fire: 2× Ice: 2×	Ground: ½× Grass: ½× Water: ½× Electric: ½×	Normal: 1× Fighting: 1× Rock: 1× Ghost: 1× Steel: 1× Psychic: 1× Dragon: 1× Dark: 1×

Learnset

Sunflora is capable of learning the following moves (from its evolution onwards):
NOTE: Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.

By leveling up

Generation II Level Move Type Start Absorb Pound 4 Growth 10 Razor Leaf 19 Sunny Day 31 Petal Dance 46 SolarBeam

Generation III Level Move Type Start Absorb Pound 6 Growth 13 Razor Leaf 18 Ingrain 25 Bullet Seed 30 Sunny Day 37 Petal Dance 42 SolarBeam

Generation IV Level Move Type Cat. Start Absorb Pound Growth 5 Mega Drain 9 Ingrain 13 GrassWhistle 17 Leech Seed 21 Bullet Seed 25 Worry Seed 29 Razor Leaf 33 Petal Dance 37 Sunny Day 41 SolarBeam 43 Leaf Storm

By TM/HM

#	Generation II	Generation III	Generation IV
TM03	Curse
TM06	Toxic	Toxic	Toxic
TM09		Bullet Seed	Bullet Seed
TM10	Hidden Power	Hidden Power	Hidden Power
TM11	Sunny Day	Sunny Day	Sunny Day
TM12	Sweet Scent
TM13	Snore
TM15	Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam
TM16		Light Screen	Light Screen
TM17	Protect	Protect	Protect
TM19	Giga Drain	Giga Drain	Giga Drain
TM20	Endure	Safeguard	Safeguard
TM21	Frustration	Frustration	Frustration
TM22	SolarBeam	SolarBeam	SolarBeam
TM27	Return	Return	Return
TM32	Double Team	Double Team	Double Team
TM34	Swagger
TM35	Sleep Talk
TM36	Sludge Bomb	Sludge Bomb	Sludge Bomb
TM42		Facade	Facade
TM43		Secret Power	Secret Power
TM44	Rest	Rest	Rest
TM45	Attract	Attract	Attract
TM53			Energy Ball
TM58			Endure
TM68			Giga Impact
TM70			Flash
TM75			Swords Dance
TM78			Captivate
TM82			Sleep Talk
TM83			Natural Gift
TM86			Grass Knot
TM87			Swagger
TM90			Substitute
HM01	Cut	Cut	Cut
HM05	Flash	Flash

By breeding

• Curse
• Encore
• Helping Hand
• Nature Power
• Sweet Scent

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: Evolve	Friend Area: Jungle
Phrases
51%-100% HP	The sun is my source of energy.
26%-50% HP	Huh? My HP's down half-way already? Better beware.
1%-25% HP	I'm wilting... Sunlight's energy isn't getting through...
Level Up	Awesome! There's my level! The sunlight's brilliant!

Evolution

Basic Sunkern

Sun Stone Sunflora

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
			Image:Spr 2c 192.gif
			Image:Spr 2c 192 s.gif			Image:Spr b g2 192 s.png
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	Image:Spr 3r 192.png			Image:Spr 3f 192.png
	Image:Spr 3r 192 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 192 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 192 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 192 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
	Image:Spr 4d 192.png		Image:Spr 4p 192.png
			Image:Spr 4p 192 s.png			Image:Spr b g4 192 s.png

For other sprites and images, please see Sunflora images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• In Generation III, Sunflora is the only Grass-type that can learn Bullet Seed by leveling-up.
• Sunflora's base Speed is the same as Sunkern's.

Origin

Sunflora is based on a sunflower.

Name origin

Sunflora's name is a combination of sun and flora, referring to the plants and sunlight. Its name is also reminiscent of Sunflower. Its Japanese name may be a combination of 黄 ki, yellow, 吉 ki, joy, or 曦 ki, sun, and 向日葵 himawari, sunflower. Its French name comes from the Greek 'Helios', meaning 'sun'.

In other languages

• German: Sonnflora
• French: Heliatronc
• Korean: 해루미 Haerumi

Related articles

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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