The Pokemon franchise has done a relatively good job at creating almost 1,000 unique creatures that fans have fallen in love with over the last 25 years in both the anime and the games. With the numerous different types, moves, stats, and everything else that makes each creature stand on its own, there's bound to be a Pokemon for everyone.
Grass-type Pokemon are often overlooked, and part of that is due to them resembling plants. Why would someone want to own and train a plant when they could have a fire-breathing dragon or a turtle with canons on its back?
10 Carnivine
Though Venus flytraps appear to be animals with mouths, they're carnivorous plants that can move. Carnivine happens to be the Sinnoh native Pokemon that's the childhood imagination machination brought to life.
The last thing anyone would want is a four-foot Venus flytrap existing in the wild. This Grass-type Pokemon could lure in children thinking it was simply a plant and devour them before they understood what exactly they were looking at. It doesn't help that Carnivine has the eyes of a serial killer as well.
9 Oddish
Most Pokemon fans are familiar with Oddish, as it hails from the Kanto region. The Grass- and Poison-type is known as the Weed Pokemon, which is funny considering most people hate weeds growing in their yards but find Oddish to be quite cute and endearing.
It sports the ability Chlorophyll, which not only solidifies it being a plant but boosts the speed of Oddish when in the sunlight. Trainers can either train and evolve their Oddish into the elegant Bellossom or the clumsy toxin-filled flower known as Vileplume.
8 Sunkern
Sunkern is a Johto region native Grass-type Pokemon that happens to have both it and its final form make this list. On top of it being very reminiscent of a seed or kernel, it happens to have terrible base stats.
This means that it is very much closer to being just a plant considered many other Grass-types can hold their own in battle. Both of its possible abilities are Chlorophyll and Solar Power, which show its dependent on exposure to sunlight, but it's still unclear if it needs to be watered at certain intervals.
7 Shiinotic
Both the Grass and Fairy-types are often associated with Pokemon that tend to fall in the "cute and adorable" camp. Shiinotic is neither of those things. This fungus native to the Alolan Islands is increasing off-putting the more someone looks at it.
Its hollow eyes and thick smile paired with its thin arms and long fingers make this plant Pokemon a thing of nightmares. The lights it produces on its head are meant to confuse living creatures, with humans often getting lost in the forests it inhabits.
6 Cacturne
Next up is Cacturne, the first of two back-to-back cactus-inspired Pokemon on this list. It is labeled as the Scarecrow Pokemon due to its appearance being very similar to that of a scarecrow.
It can be found natively in the Hoenn region and is both a Grass- and Dark-type Pokemon. It is also nocturnal and will spend the day frozen in place in an attempt to not lose moisture. At night, it becomes extremely active when the temperature is lower and it doesn't have to deal with the extreme sunlight experienced in the desert.
5 Maractus
If Cacturne is sporting a lot of masculine energy, then Maractus must be considered its feminine counterpart. Despite the two both being based on cactus plants, they don't share much else beyond that.
Maractus is known as the Cactus Pokemon despite it releasing two generations after Cacturne as part of the Unova region. It is simply just a Grass-type Pokemon but has a neat ability called Water Absorb where it heals itself if it is hit by a Water-type move at any point during a battle or in the wild.
4 Roselia
Both Roselia and Roserade could have made this list, but Roserade happens to have a weird tuft of human hair on its head, so Roselia felt like the best choice. Despite looking rather welcoming and docile, Roselia is known as the Thorn Pokemon, so it's best to understand it's more dangerous than it looks.
This Hoenn native plant Pokemon is both Grass- and Poison-type, which is another reason why things aren't always as they seem. This adorable flower can pack a punch that predators may not see coming.
3 Petilil
Pokemon as a franchise does a great job at making the base form of most Pokemon rather adorable. Petilil is no different, and despite it hailing from the Unova region and not Kanto, it gives off some Oddish vibes.
An interesting tidbit about Petilil is that this Pokemon only exists as a female and doesn't have male counterparts. Many plants reproduce asexually, so this idea of having only one sex and reproducing effectively falls in line with what's typical of plants in the wild.
2 Sunflora
Most people reading this article probably won't remember the Sun Pokemon from the Johto region known as Sunflora. In terms of battle viability, this Pokemon has little to no upside whatsoever, but like with many plants, it feels like a warm embrace that would feel welcome in any home.
Its two possible abilities are called Chlorophyll and Solar Power, which make sense considering this creature's design is a sunflower with a face where the pollen would typically reside in the center of the flower.
1 Bulbasaur
Since the Kanto Grass-type starter has a literal flower bulb on its back it's safe to assume it's at least 50% plant. Ivysaur seems to be the best balance in terms of body to flower ratio, whereas both Bulbasaur and Venusaur have bodies that are a bit larger than the plant on their backs.
Bulbasaur also happens to be known as the Seed Pokemon, which builds its case even further considering seeds are needed in most cases to grow plants. Its hidden ability is also called Chlorophyll, so that sort of settles that.