Passionflower

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He prefers to call himself Optimus Prime.

The official name of this plant is Passionflower. However, a literal translation can be found in its infobox. The official name is to be used on all pages that refer to this plant.

For the version of this plant in Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars, see Passionflower line.

番莲工程师(translation: Passionflower Engineer)
Launches gears that attack the nearest zombies and causes continuous damage to zombies in its range.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	125
Recharge	Fast
Damage	Moderate
Toughness	Normal
In-game statistics
Direct damage	30 damage
Rarity (China)	Rare
Unlocked	Collecting 10 Passionflower Puzzle Pieces
Chinese English 番莲立志要成为一名工程师，但到现在它只会造齿轮。 Passionflower is determined to become an engineer, but can only build gears for now.

Passionflower (番莲工程师; pinyin: fān lián gōngchéngshī) is a plant from Steam Ages in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2. It attacks the closest zombie in either its lane or the lanes above or below it by firing gears at it.

Once these gears hit a zombie, the gear will freeze in place, hitting zombies multiple times before disappearing, similar to Monkeyfruit's bar.

Origins

It is based on the Passiflora, a genus of fruit-bearing flowers commonly called passionflowers. In particular, it resembles the Passiflora incarnata, one of the hardiest passionflower species.

Almanac entry

番莲工程师 Passionflower	DAMAGE Moderate RANGE Row RECHARGE Fast
	都可以对上下2行造成持续伤害。 植物家族效果：研发中 特点：可以对攻击范围内的僵尸造成持续性伤害 植物特征：紫色植物 番莲立志要成为一名工程师，但到现在它只会造齿轮。

番莲工程师 (Passionflower)
Sun cost: 125

DAMAGE: Moderate
RANGE: Row
RECHARGE: Fast

都可以对上下2行造成持续伤害。

植物家族效果：研发中
特点：可以对攻击范围内的僵尸造成持续性伤害
植物特征：紫色植物

番莲立志要成为一名工程师，但到现在它只会造齿轮。

In English: Can cause continuous damage to the 2 top and bottom lanes. Plant family effect: In research and development Features: Can cause continuous damage to zombies within attack range Plant characteristics: purple plant Passionflower is determined to become an engineer, but can only build gears for now.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When fed Plant Food, Passionflower will produce a gigantic gear, before throwing it at the nearest zombie. This gear lasts longer than the normal gear, and does damage to zombies in a 3x3 radius.

Costumed

It now launches a massive fast rotating gear that can slow down zombies.

Level upgrade

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Mechanic Expert 机械专家	There's a 10% chance that it launches a fast rotating gear that can stun zombies in a 1x1 area
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Passionflower gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Mechanic Master 机械大师	In addition to its fast rotating gears, its normal gears can now slow zombies;Chance of launching a fast rotating gear is increased to 100%.
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Passionflower gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Passionflower may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Passionflower gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Mechanical Ejection 机械弹射	Passionflower has a chance that the gears will be stacked when it attacks
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Passionflower gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

Passionflower and Monkeyfruit share many similarities in terms of attacks. Only that she is able to attack both lanes above and below her. Her gears (same as Monkeyfruit's bar) freezes in place when it hits a zombie or obstacle, and does continuous damage until it disappears. This makes this plant a good counter against Gargantuars. Add to that is her ability to attack zombies in lanes adjacent to her.

When planted in vast numbers they can easily overpower a Gargantuar, this includes tough zombies such as Pharaoh Zombie , Machines, etc. She also does well with leveled up zombies, but only if the Passionflower are in vast numbers since they focus on one target, and the gears they fire do individual damage. But this also makes them vulnerable to speedy threats such as a charging all-star zombie, enraged newspaper zombie, and the like. Since her firing rate is also quite sluggish, its best to bring defensive plants such as Wall-nut (PvZ2), Tall-nut (PvZ2) , etc. If the player's Passionflower is still level one, its best to bring stalling plants such as Stallia, Stunion, or iceberg lettuce to maximize her full potential, it is because if the zombies are stunned/frozen, the gear does continuous damage to them while they can't do anything about it, this proves useful if the zombies are leveled up.

Or the player could use slowing plants like Snow pea, Winter melon, etc. But if she reaches level 3 she may no longer need stunning/stalling plants, because she gains the ability to slow zombies with her gear, and could even stun them with a fast rotating gear. Overall she is a very of useful plant if used correctly, but she also has a downside, first is that when a group of Passionflower defeats a zombie, they will still continue to attack the zombie despite its head was already cut off, as long as that zombie is the closest. Lastly is her slow rate of firing, makes her vulnerable when there are a vast number of zombies around. But her downsides can be solved easily with the right pair of plant, and a small price to pay for a plant that can attack on adjacent lanes, and could do continuous damage in a 1x1 area.

Treat her as a cheaper alternative of Monkeyfruit that can attack on the lane above or below it. However, once the player gets Monkeyfruit, they should use Monkeyfruit over this due its attack power. It also has a lackluster Plant Food effect since it's only guaranteed to kill at least 1 zombie if not timed correctly. However, it is easier to obtain and level up via Plant Adventures, and can attack zombies in the lanes adjacent to it, not to mention it gains a chance to stun zombies when upgraded to level 2, in which monkeyfruit is not able to do and it's puzzle pieces are easier to obtain due to it being included in the plant adventure.

Gallery

HD Passionflower

HD Passionflower with costume

Puzzle Piece

Costume Puzzle Piece

Seed packet

Sprites

GIF of Passionflower's idle animation

Passionflower's silhouette teaser

Passionflower's reveal picture

Passionflower attacking

Its gear

Grayed out Passionflower

Dancing Passionflower

Passionflower on a Gold Tile

Seed packet texture

Trivia

• It lacks attacking sound, but when used in the kung fu world, she gains it, and is similar to the sound of Torch Monk Zombie

• She cannot shoot a fast rotating gear on the other lanes,and can only shoot it when the zombie she is attacking is on her lane. However, her level 3 gears can still slow down zombies on other lanes.

See also

• Monkeyfruit
• Aspiragus