Appearance
Petilil looks like an onion bulb and is mostly light green. Three leaves crown its head, its white face has no nose or mouth, and five stubs form its body.
#548
Petilil
Bulb Pokémon
Grass
- Height
- 0.5 m
- Weight
- 6.6 kg
- Generation
- 5
- Region
- Unova
Petilil is a Grass-type Pokémon, No. 548 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 5 (Unova region).
« The leaves on its head are highly valued for medicinal purposes. Dry the leaves in the sun, boil them, and then drink the bitter decoction for remarkably effective relief from fatigue. »
Its story
Lifestyle
Its bitter leaves restore vigor. It lives near clean water and leaves if the habitat turns poor. Female only, it evolves into Lilligant.
In the anime
Ricard Nouveau thinks she would suit Marigold, but Cilan disagrees, much to Marigold's relief.
Name origin
Atsuko Nishida designed it after a Liliaceae bulb, most likely a tulip. Petilil comes from petal or petite and lily.
Did you know?
- Dried and boiled, its leaves are sometimes used to repel bugs.
- In Hisui, snow makes it gain the Fighting type upon evolving.
- The line was first planned with three stages, says Ken Sugimori.
Found in the Pokédex of:
UnovaAlolaGalarHisuiPaldea
In other languages
Chlorobule
Lilminip
チュリネ치릴리百合根娃娃