Pellet weed family

The Pellet Weed family is a family of plants in all four Pikmin games. It contains two known members, the Pellet Posy and the Burgeoning Spiderwort.

Members

Pellet Posy

Main article: Pellet Posy.

Scientific name: Amplus nutrio

Pellet Posies are important plants in the Pikmin games. They hold a pellet, which can be retrieved after Pikmin attack the plant. The pellet they hold can be of any color of the currently discovered Pikmin types, or it can cycle through the available ones in short intervals. Pellet Posies bearing 1-pellets, 5-pellets, 10-pellets, and 20-pellets exist. After one is destroyed, a stub will grow the next day, and after some in-game hours, it will grow to become a new Pellet Posy.

Burgeoning Spiderwort

Main article: Burgeoning Spiderwort.

Scientific name: Pikflora baccae conditus

Burgeoning Spiderworts are plants that make their first appearance in Pikmin 2. These flowers hold ultra-spicy berries (or ultra-bitter berries—or sometimes both—in Pikmin 2), and will drop them if attacked by Pikmin. Dropped berries can be brought back to the player's ship, which will convert ten of them them into ultra-spicy or Ultra-bitter spray. The Spiderwort will regenerate its berries after a while.

Naming

The name of the family might originate from the Japanese name of the Pellet Posy, ペレット草^?, which translates to "Pellet Grass".

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	アメアオイ科? Ame aoi ka	Candy mallow family
French (NoE)	Jetonifères	From "jeton" (token/pellet) and the suffix "-ifère" (suffix from Latin meaning to carry the thing suffixed)
German	Knopfkräuter
Korean	대지아욱 꽃
Portuguese	Granulybáceas
Spanish (NoA)	Pildoráceas	From "píldora" (pill) and the suffix "-ácea" (meaning to relate or resemble the thing suffixed)

See also

• Pikmin family
• Chrysanthemum family
• Candypop family