Giant prickly plant

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Giant prickly plant
A giant prickly plant fromSuper Mario Galaxy
First appearance	Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance	Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025)
Variant of	Thorny flower

Giant prickly plants^[1] are a bigger variant ofthorny flower that appears inSuper Mario Galaxy andSuper Mario Galaxy 2, as well as theSuper Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 remaster onNintendo Switch. They behave just like their smaller variants and can be destroyed the same way. One is seen in theGood Egg Galaxy in "King Kaliente's Battle Fleet" containing aSling Star, and an even larger one is in theDusty Dune Galaxy inSunbaked Sand Castle containing aLaunch Star.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Italian	Pianta spinosa gigante^[2]	Giant prickly plant

References[edit]

^Black, Fletcher (November 9, 2007).Super Mario Galaxy PRIMA Official Game Guide.Prima Games (American English). ISBN978-0-7615-5643-5. Page 202 and 207.
^Black, Fletcher (2007).Super Mario Galaxy - la Guida Ufficiale (Premiere Edition). Roseville:Prima Games (Italian). ISBN978-1-906064-03-7. Page 202, 207.

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