Moonflower

“	The Moonflower emits sun, User Dave. Buts that is not all. My scan show that it creates a special glow that augments plants of its type. Planting Moonflowers next to each other should increase their power. I suspect they will have the same effect on any other shadow plants we may find.	”
—Penny

For the version in Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars, see Moonflower.

Moonflower
Moonflowers radiate a glow that powers up adjacent Shadow plants.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	50
Recharge	10 seconds (Mediocre in China)
Toughness	Typical
Area	3x3
Special	Produces 25 more sun for each shadow plant nearby up to four.
Family	Conceal-mint
In-game statistics
Sun production	25 to 100 sun every 34 seconds
Other special	Power-ups nearby shadow plants
Rarity (China)	Uncommon
Unlocked	Beating Modern Day - Day 1
Unlocked (China)	Beating Modern Day - Day 1
Costumes
Moonflower is a fierce collaborator. She'll collaborate with anything. She'd collaborate with a table if she could.

Moonflower is the first plant obtained in Modern Day in Plants vs. Zombies 2. She is a sun-producing plant, and produces 25 sun (every 32-36 seconds) by default plus another 25 sun for each shadow plant adjacent to her, with the maximum generation being 100 sun for three adjacent shadow plants.

Additionally, she generates a 3x3 aura field around her that can power other shadow plants. The aforementioned abilities make her an environment modifier.

Origins

Moonflower is based on the plants in the genus Ipomoea, a large and diverse group with common names including morning glory, water convolvulus or kangkung, sweet potato, bindweed, moonflower, and the like.

Her appearance may be based on the Ipomoea alba or the Ipomoea violacea and her blue coloration may be based on the Ipomoea tricolor. Her name can be also a nod on the Sunflower.

Almanac entry

Moonflower	SUN COST 50 RECHARGE 10 SUN COST: 50 RECHARGE: 10 TOUGHNESS 300 SUN PRODUCTION Variable TOUGHNESS: 300 SUN PRODUCTION: Variable FAMILY Conceal-mint FAMILY: Conceal-mint Moonflowers radiate a glow that powers up adjacent Shadow plants. Special: emits sun as well as additional sun for each adjacent shadow plant up to four Moonflower is a fierce collaborator. She'll collaborate with anything. She'd collaborate with a table if she could.

Moonflower

		SUN COST 50			RECHARGE 10

SUN COST: 50
RECHARGE: 10

		TOUGHNESS 300			SUN PRODUCTION Variable

TOUGHNESS: 300
SUN PRODUCTION: Variable

		FAMILY Conceal-mint

FAMILY: Conceal-mint

Moonflowers radiate a glow that powers up adjacent Shadow plants.

Special: emits sun as well as additional sun for each adjacent shadow plant up to four

Moonflower is a fierce collaborator. She'll collaborate with anything. She'd collaborate with a table if she could.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animation)

When fed with Plant Food, Moonflower will give an amount of sun equivalent to her normal sun drop, which also follows adjacency bonus from shadow plants. Moonflower will also generate a personal shield that same to Infi-nut's force field but can absorb only 1000 dps, or a smash from a Gargantuar. The shield degrades twice, at 400 and 800 dps, and finally being eaten at 1000 dps. It cannot be burned.

Conceal-mint effect

When boosted by Conceal-mint, the amount of sun Moonflower produces is increased regardless of the amount of shadow plants nearby based on what level she is. She will prodece 250 sun at level 1, 260 sun at level 2-3, 265 sun at level 4, 270 sun at level 5, 280 sun at level 6-7, 290 sun at level 8-9, 300 sun at level 3.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Mediocre)	Toughness (Typical)	Sun Production* (Variable)	Special (Max Sun)
1	0	0	50	10 seconds	300 dps	+25 sun	100
2	10	1,000		9 seconds	350 dps	+25 sun	110
3	75	5,000		9 seconds	400 dps	+30 sun	110
4	200	10,000		8 seconds	450 dps	+30 sun	115
5	400	20,000		8 seconds	550 dps	+35 sun	120
6	750	30,000		7 seconds	600 dps	+35 sun	130
7	1,000	40,000		7 seconds	650 dps	+40 sun	130
8	1,250	50,000		6 seconds	700 dps	+40 sun	140
9	1,500	60,000		6 seconds	800 dps	+50 sun	140
10	2,000	75,000	25	5 seconds	900 dps	+50 sun	150

*This column shows its additional sun per each adjacent shadow plant. It produces 25 sun by default.

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Toughness Bonus

Level upgrades (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	The Gift from the Moon	There's a 10% chance of shadow plants placed in the shadow aura immediately get 25 sun.
	Combat Training	Moonflower gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	The Blessing of Luna	Chance of instantly giving 25 sun after a shadow plant was planted in the aura increased
	Cell Activation	Moonflower gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken	Moonflower may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power	Moonflower gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).

Costumed (China only)

Moonflower now creates force fields that block zombies in 3x3 areas.

Strategies

When fully powered, Moonflower is undoubtedly a powerful sun generator, as she gives as much sun as Twin Sunflower, plus she can be planted more easily in the early game. It should be noted, however, that she will give sun more slowly when planted away from other shadow plants, and when one is eaten or moved, it can immediately lower the sun production of other Moonflowers, so watch out for zombies like Prospector Zombies, pterodactyls, or Zombie Parrots. Also, take note that Moonflowers bound by Octo Zombie's octopi or turned into a sheep by Wizard Zombie will have their boosting aura removed until they are freed. Placing a 2x2 clump of Moonflowers will instantly power them all up - and it only costs 200 sun.

Moonflower is also a vital plant if the player is considering planting the other shadow plants (Nightshade, Shadow-shroom, Dusk Lobber, Grimrose, Shadow Peashooter, and Murkadamia Nut), as Moonflower's shadow field greatly improves their performance. So if the player is considering making the shadow plants their main offensives, plant Moonflowers on strategic tiles that make the aura reach the entire lawn.

However, Moonflower's greatest weakness is her poor Plant Food effect, which makes her a poor choice in the Endless Zone as the sun produced is not enough to quickly prepare a defense against the incoming horde. Using Gold Bloom with her would resolve this. Also, unlike Infi-nut, her force field is very weak and can only protect her lane. However, it, like Infi-nut's force field, cannot be burnt by Explorer Zombie's and Torchlight Zombie's torch. Excavator Zombie will have to destroy her force field before he can shovel her. Moonflower's force field will also effectively stop Fisherman Zombie's hook, preventing her from being pulled by him.

Audio

Sound	Description
	Producing sun
	Sounds
	Planted

Related achievement

	The Shadow Family Complete a level with 20 powered Shadow Plants

Gallery

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Trivia

• The wand she "holds" as her costume looks similar to the wand that Sailor Moon owns.
• Shadow plants that are powered have a similar color scheme to Shadow Flower from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, but without black shine.
• When a shadow plant is placed next to Moonflower, it takes a few seconds before getting powered.
• As a glitch, she could be chosen on Dark Ages - Night 14, but it was still prohibited on other Last Stand levels on the 4.4.1 version. As of the 4.5.1 update, this has been fixed.
  • The same glitch also applied in Sun Bombs levels but was also fixed.
• She is the second sun-producing plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 that has a unique ability other than to produce sun, the first being Sunflower Singer from the Chinese version.
• She has a unique, scream-like sound effect when producing sun.
• She is the only sun-producing plant that appears in a conveyor-belt level, which are Modern Day - Day 34 and Modern Day - Day 44.
  • However, in these levels, she does not produce sun, except when the player feeds her Plant Food.
    • However, the sun will shrink into nothing, and cannot be collected.
• The design of her petals resembles a crescent moon.
• If she is planted as part of preparing defenses in Arena, she may not change color when powered up. After pressing 'Let's Rock' however, all powered up Moonflowers will change color.
• Despite being a sun producing plant Moonflower does not belong to Enlighten-mint family because said plant is also a shadow plant. Shadow plants belong to Conceal-mint family.
  • However, in a Shine Vine Pinata, her seed packets can be found along with other Enlighten-mint family plants
• Moonflower's description is a reference to how she boosts herself and other Conceal-mint when near a Conceal-mint plant.

See also

• Sun-shroom
• Shadow plants

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