Appearance
Vileplume is indigo and bipedal, with tiny hands and feet. A huge red flower with five white-spotted petals crowns its head.
#045
Vileplume
Flower Pokémon
GrassPoison
- Height
- 1.2 m
- Weight
- 18.6 kg
- Generation
- 1
- Region
- Kanto
Vileplume is a Grass / Poison-type Pokémon, No. 045 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 1 (Kanto region).
« The larger its petals, the more toxic pollen it contains. Its big head is heavy and hard to hold up. »
Its story
Lifestyle
Its toxic yellow pollen paralyzes prey before it eats them. It evolves from Gloom by stone and stays rare on grassy plains.
In the anime
Neesha's Vileplume is captured and cloned by Mewtwo. The clone returns later, and Neesha plays the same part in the remake.
Name origin
Atsuko Nishida designed it after the rafflesia and the mandrake. Vileplume may join vile and plume, a cloud or feather shape, or bloom.
Did you know?
- A female has fewer spots, but they are larger.
- It has Chlorophyll, yet the Rafflesia genus has none.
- The Jungle expansion symbol resembles its flower.
Found in the Pokédex of:
KantoJohtoHoennKalosGalarPaldea
In other languages
Rafflesia
Giflor
ラフレシア라플레시아霸王花