In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth •
Aeglos: A plant similar to a
gorse, named for the
Elvish 'snow-thorn' •
Athelas: A healing plant with long leaves (also known as
Kingsfoil or
asëa aranion). •
Elanor: A small star-shaped yellow flower from
Tol Eressëa and
Lothlórien. •
Nimloth: The White Tree of Númenor, a seedling of Celeborn, a seedling of Galathilion, created in the image of
Telperion. •
Oiolairë: An evergreen fragrant tree highly esteemed by the
Númenóreans. •
Simbelmynë: A white flower that grew in
Gondolin and
Rohan (also known as Evermind and Alfirin). •
Two Trees of Valinor: Magic trees that illuminated the
Blessed Realm in ancient times. Considered not very original by gardening expert Charles Elliott, depending on a funny name for effect. •
Mandrake: Tubers that look like babies when young. Their screams can kill when fully grown. A potion made from mature mandrakes can reverse petrification. • '''''': A tree with animate, club-like branches hiding a secret passageway.
In Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere Series ;On the planet Roshar
(The Stormlight Archive) •
Firemoss: A red-brown moss that, when activated by rubbing between the thumb and forefinger, releases wisps of smoke that create feelings of euphoria when inhaled and is used as a recreational drug. Firemoss is highly addictive, limiting its medicinal use, though it is sometimes used to reduce cranial swelling and offer pain relief. •
Knobweed: Like most of the plants found on Rohsar, knobweed has adapted to survive the planet's harsh storms. The reed-like stalk anchors itself directly to stone and the frond found at the top of the stalk has the ability to contract and retreat into the stalk during storms for protection. Knobweed reproduces by releasing fluffy
pappuses that carry seeds into the air. The milky white sap found inside knobweed stems is a natural and highly valuable antiseptic used in the field and by established apothecaries. •
Rockbuds: Rockbud is both a general term for several shelled plants on Roshar, including
Lavis Polyps,
Vinebuds, and
Prickletac Shrubs, and the proper name for a specific plant. The true Rockbud plant is a shelled plant containing lengthy tendrils that reach out to lap up water (and occasionally animal blood). ;On the planet First of the Sun
(Sixth of the Dusk); •
Unnamed Telepathic Trees: Many flora and fauna on this planet communicate with a form of natural telepathy. Certain unnamed plants living on the islands that make up the Pantheon send false thoughts of wounded or frightened animals to attract predators, which often fight and leave victims dead near enough to the tree to provide nutrition. These plants are not directly carnivorous. ;On the planet Taldain
(White Sand series) •
Dorim vines: Dorim vines live under the sand that covers most of Taldain's Dayside continent, reaching down to the water table where they fill themselves with water as a defensive mechanism against predators – the hard shells of many of the continents animals is dissolved by contact with water. Pouring water onto sand draws nearby vines out of the ground.
In Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean Series ==== In
Fourth Wing ==== •
Fonilee Berries: The berries are purple in color but a light lavender color when unripe. They are found on a single vine near Iakabos River. Violet uses these berries against her first sparring opponent, Oren Seifert by sprinkling a dried powder of unripe berries on his scrambled eggs for breakfast. This causes him to experience nausea and limiting his ability to fight. •
Leighorrel mushrooms: Prior to her second fight, Violet put these mushrooms into the lunch of her opponent. This causes her opponent to experience hallucinations, making it difficult to concentrate on the fight, allowing Violet to win •
Zihna (root): Violet uses the root of this plant on her third opponent, causing him to experience numbness and making him unable to fight. These roots are found near the ravine. •
Tarsilla leaves: For Violet's fourth match, she puts Tarsilla leaves in her opponents tea prior to fighting. These leaves cause her opponent to experience blurry vision, making it difficult to fight. •
Carmine tree (bark): Violet puts the bark of the carmine tree in her opponents canteen to win her fifth sparring match. The bark causes extreme sickness similar to food poisoning, with nausea and sluggishness. Due to being in the canteen, the entire squad becomes ill, not just her opponent. •
Walwyn fruit peels: Prior to what would be her sixth match, Violet puts the fruit peels into the icing of her opponent breakfast, Rayma Corrie. These peels diminish coordination and balance when eaten. However, due to a mistiming, her opponent ends up going to the Healers and this fight does not occur.
Other '' (1960) •
Audrey Jr.: A human-eating plant in the 1960 film
The Little Shop of Horrors •
Audrey II: A singing, fast-talking alien plant with a taste for human blood in the stage show
Little Shop of Horrors and
the 1986 film of the same name. •
Avern: A deadly plant used for dueling, found in Gene Wolfe's fantasy novel
Shadow of the Torturer. •
Bat-thorn: A plant, similar to
wolfsbane, offering protection against
vampires in
Mark of the Vampire. •
Biollante: A
kaiju created using
Godzilla and plant DNA. •
Bush of many uses: A bush native to Vergon 6 in
Futurama. •
Cactacae: A sentient, cactus-like species from
China Miéville's
Bas-Lag series. •
Dyson tree: A hypothetical
genetically engineered plant capable of growing on a comet, suggested by the physicist
Freeman Dyson. •
Flower of Life: A flower featured in some anime series:
The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross,
Robotech, and
Nurse Angel Ririka SOS. • '''G'Quan Eth'
: A plant indigenous to the Narn homeworld, used as incense in religious ceremonies from Babylon 5''. It is ritually burned as incense, and its seeds are a narcotic for
Centauri when dropped in
alcohol. •
Inkvine: A creeping plant that is used as a whip in the
Dune universe. •
Integral Trees: Enormous trees from the science-fiction novel
The Integral Trees by
Larry Niven. They are 100 kilometers long and have a leafy "tuft" at each end oriented in opposite directions forming an ∫, the
integral symbol. •
Kite-Eating Tree: A tree featured in the
comic strip Peanuts. •
Krynoid: An extraterrestrial carnivorous plant in episode "
The Seeds of Doom" from
Doctor Who. •
Lyekka: A plant able to take the form of humans, usually a woman, in the TV-series
Lexx. • '''
Mariphasa lupina lumina (Wolf Flower)'
: A rare selenotropic, phosphorescent plant found only in the mountains of Tibet from Werewolf of London.'' •
The Mendacity Tree: A tree that grows when lies are whispered to it, and bears hallucinogenic fruit, in
Frances Hardinge's novel
The Lie Tree. •
Plant Men of Barsoom: A race of humanoid plants from the
Martian novels of
Edgar Rice Burroughs •
Re-annual plants: Plants in
Terry Pratchett's
Discworld series which flower and grow before their seed germinates. •
Red weed: A red Martian plant appearing in
The War of the Worlds. •
Sapient pearwood: A rare species of plant in
Terry Pratchett's
Discworld series. When sapient pearwood is crafted into an item, the product gains a semblance of magical life and becomes devoted to the owner. •
Snake vine: A dusky, variegated vine originating from
The Sword of Truth. Its bite contains deadly tooth-like thorns that burrow into the skin and eventually kill the victim. •
Serenna veriformans: A fictional species of prehistoric fern tree that appears in the
Jurassic Park franchise, its toxic spores being a major plot point in the original novel. •
Sukebind: A fictional flower in the novel
Cold Comfort Farm by
Stella Gibbons. •
Tesla trees: Large trees from the planet Hyperion in
Hyperion Cantos. They store up electricity inside their body during certain seasons, releasing all of it in huge arcs of lightning from their crown. •
Tree-of-Life: The ancestor of
yams, with similar appearance and taste, from
Larry Niven's
Known Space novels. •
Triffids: Carnivorous plants which possess a whip-like poisonous sting as well as mobility by three foot-like appendages, from the novel
The Day of the Triffids (1951) by
John Wyndham. They subsequently appeared in a radio series (BBC, 1960), a motion picture (1962), a TV series (BBC, 1981) and a sequel novel,
The Night of the Triffids (2001) by
Simon Clark. •
Weirwood: A species of tree significant in George R. Martin's fantasy universe
A Song of Ice and Fire.
In Dungeons & Dragons The role-playing game
Dungeons & Dragons has a number of, according to Charles Elliott "not-very-ingenious", imaginary plant species, •
Basidirond: A giant multi-stemmed fungus creature. •
Hangman tree: A tree that will attempt to strangle anyone who ventures under it. •
Kelpie: A shape-shifting mass of animate seaweed that can imitate a woman or other creatures, and drowns its victims. •
Oaken defender: An enormous disk-shaped plant that lives in dryad groves and assists in their defense. •
Obliviax: A black moss that steals memories from intelligent creatures. •
Phantom fungus: •
Shambling mound: •
Yellow musk creeper:
In video games Video games frequently feature fictional plants as items that can be collected by the player, or occasionally appear as non-player characters. • The
Monster Hunter series has multiple fictional flowers and plants that can be gathered by the player character, including nulberries, might seeds, flowferns, and dragonstrike nuts. • The titular plants from the
Plants vs. Zombies series, which are used to defeat
zombie enemies. • In
The Legend of Zelda series, plants play a significant role. In many games, bomb flowers allow
Link to explode rocks and obstacles. In
Breath of the Wild and
Tears of the Kingdom, Link can collect plants that grant him buffs when cooked. The Great Deku Tree, the guardian of the Korok Forest, is a recurring character in the franchise. •
Broc Flower: A medicinal plant appearing in the
Fallout series. • Various
Pokémon species are Grass-type or based on plants. Prominent Grass-type Pokémon include the starter Pokémon
Bulbasaur and
Sprigatito, Floragato, and Meowscarada. •
Candypop Bud: A flower found in the
Pikmin series. They transform Pikmin thrown into them into a certain color. •
Chuck the Plant: A plant found in several of
LucasArts' games. •
Elowan: A race of plant-like creatures in
Starflight computer game. •
Fire Flower: A flower from the
Mario series that transforms
Mario into Fire Mario. •
Flowah: A sunflower-like monster from
My Singing Monsters. •
Flowey: A sentient flower who is one of the main antagonists of
Undertale. •
Genesis trees: Trees located in the world of Legaia from the video game
Legend of Legaia. They can keep a large area free of the Mist. •
Laganaphyllis simnovorii: A carnivorous cow-like plant found in
The Sims series of games, commonly known as the Cowplant. •
Lunar Tears, from the
Nier series. •
Nirnroot: A rare, alchemical plant from
The Elder Scrolls series. •
Plantera: A massive pink flower from the game
Terraria, resembling a
venus flytrap. •
Piranha Plant: Plants with mouths from the
Mario series, often depicted as sentient. An individual Piranha Plant appears as a playable
DLC character in
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. •
Potbelly: A flytrap-like monster from
My Singing Monsters. •
Supox utricularia: A race of kind, sentient plant creatures from the
Star Control series. •
Sylvari: A race of sapient plant people in the MMO
Guild Wars 2, available as a playable race. •
Wumpa Fruit: A collectible fruit in the
Crash Bandicoot franchise. •
Xander Root: A medicinal plant appearing in the
Fallout series. •
Fool Eater: Carnivorous plant that snaps at any creature that comes close in the game
Hollow Knight.
In comics • Appearing in
DC Comics, the
Black Mercy is an extraterrestrial plant used a weapon by the supervillain
Mongul. Described by Mongul as "something between a plant and an intelligent fungus", the Black Mercy attaches itself to its victims in a form of
symbiosis, and feeds on their
aura. The organism is telepathic and reads its victim's heart's desire, immersing them in an illusory world in which their actual surroundings are hidden. • The
Cotati are a plant-like species from the
Marvel Comics universe who originate from the same planet as the
Kree. ==In mythology==