Flowers are naturally occurring plants that come in a variety of shapes and colors.
Obtaining
Flowers can be instantly broken with any item (or no item). A flower will also be broken if water runs over its location, or if a piston extends or pushes a block into its location.
If water or a piston enters a flower's location when it is already occupying the same space as a snow layer,[Bedrock Edition only] the flower will be lost.[1][2]
Natural generation
Most flowers generate naturally on dirt and grass blocks. Even in a biome covered with snow, flowers will generate naturally on dirt blocks with grass, despite the adjoining dirt blocks being covered with snow. They also need light to grow if bone meal is used on a grass block.
Alliums and other flowers can also be found in woodland mansions.
Poppies, dandelions, and azure bluets can be found in plains villages.[upcoming: Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).]
Dandelions can be found in savanna villages.[upcoming: Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).]
Poppies can be found in taiga villages.[upcoming: Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).]
The only flower that doesn't naturally generate is the wither rose.[upcoming: Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).] Instead, wither roses are dropped as an item by a mob that is killed by a wither.
Drops
Iron golems drop 0 to 2 poppies upon death. This can't be affected by Looting enchantment.
Any mob killed by the wither may drop one wither rose upon death.
Bone meal
When bone meal is applied to a grass block, flowers have a chance of generating instead of tall grass on the targeted block and adjacent grass blocks up to 7 blocks away in both directions (a 15x15 square). The generated flower depends on both the biome and the X/Z coordinates (see below).
When bone meal is applied to a single high flower, more flowers will appear around it without grass.[Bedrock Edition only]
When bone meal is applied to a double flower, a second double flower will spawn as an item.
Flower biomes
This table shows the types of flowers that can naturally generate in each biome, as well as the types that can spawn from bone meal. Flowers marked with "generation" can only spawn when the world is initially generated.
| Flower | Plains | Sunflower Plains | Swamp | Forests/Birch Forests/Dark Forests | Flower Forest | Any other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dandelion | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Poppy | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Blue Orchid | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Allium | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Azure Bluet | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Tulips | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Oxeye Daisy | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Cornflower[upcoming: Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value). & BE Edition 1.9] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Lily of the Valley[upcoming: Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value). & BE Edition 1.9] | No | No | No | Generation | Yes | No |
| Wither Rose[upcoming: Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).] | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Sunflower | No | Generation | No | No | No | No |
| Lilac | No | No | No | Generation | Generation | No |
| Rose Bush | No | No | No | Generation | Generation | No |
| Peony | No | No | No | Generation | Generation | No |
Flower gradients
When flowers spawn from bone meal, the type spawned depends on the X/Z position in the world. Different biomes result in slightly different behaviors. Note that these behaviors don't necessarily match naturally generated flowers, since additional randomness is applied during terrain generation.
In a flower forest, any given coordinate can only ever spawn one type of flower, resulting in a gradient (pictured below).
In plains and sunflower plains, a similar but more nuanced effect occurs, called the tulip/non-tulip gradient (also pictured below). Each coordinate in these biomes will spawn either tulips exclusively, or non-tulips exclusively. The color of tulip or type of non-tulip is determined randomly, and can vary between subsequent bone meal uses, but a non-tulip block will never spawn a tulip, and a tulip block will never spawn anything but tulips.
No other biome has a gradient; swamps can only spawn blue orchids, while all other biomes can only spawn dandelions and poppies.
Usage
All flowers can be used as decoration or crafted into dyes, as well as planted on grass or dirt. One-block flowers can be planted in a flower pot. Some flowers can be used to craft suspicious stew.
Sunflowers always face east, making them useful for navigation if the Sun is not visible.
Breeding
Dandelions can be used to breed, grow, and lead rabbits.
Damaging
Wither roses inflict the Wither status effect to any players or mobs touching it, dealing 1
damage every half second. The effect lingers for 1 second after the player/mob leaves its block space.
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Pattern Flower | Paper + Oxeye Daisy |
Daisy | |
| Black Dye | Wither Rose | ||
| Blue Dye | Cornflower | ||
| Light Blue Dye | Blue Orchid | ||
| Light Gray Dye | Azure Bluet or Oxeye Daisy or White Tulip |
||
| Magenta Dye | Allium | ||
| Magenta Dye | Lilac | ||
| Orange Dye | Orange Tulip | ||
| Pink Dye | Peony or Pink Tulip |
||
| Red Dye | Rose Bush | ||
| Red Dye | Poppy or Red Tulip |
||
| White Dye | Lily of the Valley | ||
| Yellow Dye | Dandelion or Sunflower |
Data values
ID
Flower/ID
Block data
In Bedrock Edition, red flower and double plant uses the following data values:
- Red Flower
| DV | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Poppy | |
| 1 | Blue Orchid | |
| 2 | Allium | |
| 3 | Azure Bluet | |
| 4 | Red Tulip | |
| 5 | Orange Tulip | |
| 6 | White Tulip | |
| 7 | Pink Tulip | |
| 8 | Oxeye Daisy | |
| 9 | Cornflower | |
| 10 | Lily of the Valley |
- Double Plant
| DV | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Sunflower | |
| 1 | Lilac | |
| 2 | Double Tallgrass | |
| 3 | Large Fern | |
| 4 | Rose Bush | |
| 5 | Peony | |
| 8 | Top Half of any Large Plant; low three bits 0x7 are derived from the block below. |
Block states
Java Edition:
Sunflower, lilac, rose bush, and peony
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| half | lower | lowerupper | The half of the plant contained in this block. |
Bedrock Edition:
All small flowers except dandelion
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| flower_type | 0x10x20x40x8 | poppy
| poppy | 0 | Poppy |
orchid | 1 | Blue Orchid | |||
allium | 2 | Allium | |||
houstonia | 3 | Azure Bluet | |||
tulip_red | 4 | Red Tulip | |||
tulip_orange | 5 | Orange Tulip | |||
tulip_white | 6 | White Tulip | |||
tulip_pink | 7 | Pink Tulip | |||
oxeye | 8 | Oxeye Daisy | |||
cornflower | 9 | Cornflower | |||
lily_of_the_valley | 10 | Lily of the Valley |
Sunflower, lilac, rose bush, and peony
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| double_plant_type | 0x10x20x4 | sunflower
| sunflower | 0 | Sunflower |
syringa | 1 | Lilac | |||
grass | 2 | Double Tallgrass | |||
fern | 3 | Large Fern | |||
rose | 4 | Rose Bush | |||
paeonia | 5 | Peony | |||
| upper_block_bit | 0x8 | false | falsetrue | 01 | If it is the upper half of the plant. For items, it is 0. |
Video
- Note: This video is outdated, as lily of the valley, corn flower, and wither rose were all added in the 1.14. Also, flowers can now be used to craft suspicious stew in 1.14.
Flower/video
History
| classic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0.20a | Yellow flowers and roses added. | ||||
| Flowers can be placed on all block types, including lava and on top of each other. Flowers can also "float" when the block beneath them is broken. | |||||
| 0.24 (August 25, 2009) | Flowers will now generate naturally in worlds. | ||||
| infdev | |||||
| March 27, 2010 | Flowers can now no longer generate, due to changes in the terrain generator. | ||||
| June 17, 2010, 2 | Flowers can now naturally generate again. | ||||
| beta | |||||
| 1.6.6 | Flowers can now be regrown. | ||||
| Bone meal has now been given the ability to generate flowers as well as tall grass when used on a grass block. | |||||
| 1.8 | Yellow flowers have now become more abundant. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Flowers are now discentered like tall grass. | |||
| Roses have now been renamed to poppies. The texture has now been changed from to to reflect the name change. | |||||
| "Yellow flower" has now been renamed to "Dandelion". | |||||
| Many new flowers have now been added: blue orchid, allium, azure bluet, tulip (red, orange, white, pink), oxeye daisy, sunflower, lilac, rose bush, and peony. | |||||
| Flowers are now flammable. | |||||
| 1.8 | 14w04a | Flowers will now no longer generate as a massive group at the world origin.[3] | |||
| 14w17a | Dandelions will now generate in flower forest biomes. | ||||
| 14w27a | Dandelions can now be used to breed tamed rabbits. | ||||
| 14w30a | Oxeye daisies can now be used to apply patterns to banners. | ||||
| 1.8.1 | pre1 | Added facing state to minecraft:double_plant, though without visible effect. | |||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Flowers will now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
| July 19, 2017 | Jeb tweets image of a new jungle wood planks, cauldron, and dandelion textures. | ||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The ID has now been changed from yellow_flower to dandelion.
| |||
The different block states for the red_flower ID have now been split up into their own IDs. | |||||
The different block states for the double_plant ID have now been split up into their own IDs. | |||||
| Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 37, 38 and 175. | |||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | Added Wither Rose, Cornflower, and Lily of the Valley. | |||
| 18w48a | Flowers now generate in and around plains villages. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| Pre-release | Rose added. | ||||
| 0.1.0 | The texture of rose has now been to be cyan, instead of red as an attempt to fix hardware issues, making the version exclusive cyan flower. | ||||
| 0.4.0 | Added dye recipe for dandelions. | ||||
| 0.5.0 | Added names to items, giving the cyan flower the official name of Rose. | ||||
| 0.8.0 | build 5 | The position of flowers is now randomized. | |||
| 0.9.0 | build 1 | Added new flowers: blue orchid, allium, azure bluet, tulip (red, orange, white, pink), oxeye daisy, sunflower, lilac, rose bush, and peony. | |||
| Replaced Cyan Flower with Poppy. | |||||
| build 3 | Added dye recipes for all flowers. | ||||
| 0.13.0 | build 1 | Which flowers are created using bonemeal will now depend on the biome. | |||
| Dandelions can now be used to breed tamed rabbits. | |||||
| 0.14.0 | build 1 | Using bonemeal on a double flower will spawn another of that flower as an item. | |||
| build 3 | Hit boxes of flowers will now no longer occupy the entire block. | ||||
| ? | Flowers can now occupy the same space as snow layers. | ||||
| 0.15.0 | build 2 | The rose bush and peony textures have now been changed, ported from the Legacy Console Edition. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.1 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Flowers will now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
| Due to a bug, dandelions are now no longer craftable, except in the Classic UI. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Re-added dye recipe for dandelions, except in the Classic UI. | |||
| Oxeye daisies can now be used to apply patterns to banners. | |||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.9 | beta 1.9.0.0 | Added cornflower and lily of the valley. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | Added yellow flowers and roses. | |
| TU25 | CU14 | 1.17 | The rose texture has now been changed to poppy texture. Although, the name hasn't changed. | ||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Added new flowers. | |
| Roses have now been renamed to poppies. | |||||
| TU36 | CU25 | 1.28 | Patch 6 | The rose bush and peony textures have now been changed from to . | |
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added Flowers. | ||||
| Education Edition | |||||
| 1.0 | added Flowers | ||||
Trivia
- Due to the nature of the flower generation algorithm, it is possible (but relatively rare) to find naturally-generated flowers and grass in lava, caverns or abandoned mineshafts.
- Also, it is possible to find flowers and wheat seeds dropped as an item on the ground naturally, due to failure to generate on an acceptable block.
- Like other non-solid transparent blocks, flowers can break falling objects such as sand.
- Peonies were used at Jeb's wedding.[4]
- Rose bushes do not apply damage when walked through, despite roses having thorns.
- Flowers generated from bone meal in a flower forest biome depend only on horizontal position; the world seed has no effect. Flowers generated naturally with the chunk do depend on the world seed.
- The flowers generate along a gradient: dandelion, poppy, allium, azure bluet, red tulip, orange tulip, white tulip, pink tulip, oxeye daisy.
- Allium is a genus composed of bulb vegetables such as onions, garlic, and related vegetables, which have large, pink inflorescences resembling that of the flower item.
- Using bone meal on any small flower in Bedrock Edition will generate more flowers around it, without tall grass.
- A two block high flower drops itself when bone meal (or super fertilizer [Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]) is used on it.
- Despite being called "White Tulip," the white tulip is used to make light gray dye, as there is no white dye other than bone meal.[upcoming]
- If the player were to harvest any flower with shears, the shears will still take durability regardless of the flower still dropping like normal.
Gallery
- Javaw 2014-03-08 08-25-11-036.jpg
Patches of flowers in a plains biome.
- RoseLava.PNG
A rose found growing near lava.
- Paeonia texture.png
The removed texture "paeonia" close up.
- Cyan Flower.png
The removed cyan flower.
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