Primal Sunflower

For other uses, see Sunflower (disambiguation).

Primal Sunflower
Primal Sunflowers pop out large suns instead of regular ones.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	75
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	300
Family	Enlighten-mint
In-game statistics
Sun production	75 sun every 32-36 seconds
Unlocked	Beating Jurassic Marsh - Day 17
Costumes
Primal Sunflower is new to all this sun-giving business, so be patient with her. She's an early adopter of the all-you-can-stuff-yourself buffet style of sun production.

Primal Sunflower is the fourth plant obtained in Jurassic Marsh. She is the primal version of Sunflower. She produces 75 sun instead of 50, but she also costs 25 more sun than her modern counterpart.

Origins

The real-life example of Helianthus annuus in which Primal Sunflower is based on

Like her modern counterpart, Primal Sunflower's design is based on the Helianthus annuus, known as the common sunflower.

Almanac entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1

Primal Sunflower		SUN COST 75 RECHARGE 5 SUN COST: 75 RECHARGE: 5 TOUGHNESS 300 SUN PRODUCTION Large TOUGHNESS: 300 SUN PRODUCTION: Large FAMILY Enlighten-mint FAMILY: Enlighten-mint Primal Sunflowers pop out large suns instead of regular ones. Sun Production: large suns Primal Sunflower is new to all this sun-giving business, so be patient with her. She's an early adopter of the all-you-can-stuff-yourself buffet style of sun production.

Primal Sunflower

		SUN COST 75			RECHARGE 5

SUN COST: 75
RECHARGE: 5

		TOUGHNESS 300			SUN PRODUCTION Large

TOUGHNESS: 300
SUN PRODUCTION: Large

		FAMILY Enlighten-mint

FAMILY: Enlighten-mint

Primal Sunflowers pop out large suns instead of regular ones.

Sun Production: large suns

Primal Sunflower is new to all this sun-giving business, so be patient with her. She's an early adopter of the all-you-can-stuff-yourself buffet style of sun production.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food fed Primal Sunflower about to give sun

When given Plant Food, Primal Sunflower generates three big suns worth 225 sun in total. The amount of sun produced is identical to Sun-shroom's Plant Food ability. Starting at level 6, she will produce 300 sun, and 450 sun when being at level 10.

Enlighten-mint effect

When boosted by Enlighten-mint, Primal Sunflower's sun production rate will be increased based on her level, and she will produce an additional 75 sun. When given Plant Food, she will produce an additional 225 sun. Starting at level 1, her sun production rate is 4.76-5 seconds. Starting at level 4, her sun production rate is 4.66-5 seconds. Starting at level 8, her sun production rate is 4.56-5 seconds. At level 10, her sun production rate is 4.46-5 seconds.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Sun Production (Large)
1	0	0	75	5 seconds	300 dps	75 sun
2	10	1,000		4.5 seconds	350 dps
3	75	5,000		4.5 seconds	400 dps
4	200	10,000		4 seconds	450 dps
5	400	20,000		4 seconds	550 dps
6	750	30,000		4 seconds	600 dps	100 sun
7	1,000	40,000		3.5 seconds	650 dps
8	1,250	50,000		3.5 seconds	700 dps
9	1,500	60,000		3 seconds	800 dps
10	2,000	75,000		3 seconds	900 dps	150 sun

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Toughness Bonus

Level upgrades  (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Primal Sun 原始阳光	May produce an extra tiny sun.
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Primal Sunflower gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Primal Battle Song 原始战歌	Chance to produce extra sun has been increased.
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Primal Sunflower gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Primal Sunflower may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Primal Sunflower gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Sun Charging 阳光充能	Whenever she produces sun, three of her petals will light up. When all of her petals are glowing with that light, she produces 225 sun at once.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Primal Sunflower gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Costumed  (China only)

Primal Sunflower now has a chance to generate one big gold coin as well.

Strategies

Primal Sunflower serves the middle ground between Sunflower and Twin Sunflower, functioning identically to a fully grown Sun-shroom both in sun production and Plant Food ability. Therefore, the choice between Primal Sunflower and Sun-shroom is entirely up to the player. While the former has full production capability from the start but costs more to build, the latter is more disposable and can be planted in larger amounts early on, but takes a long period of time to grow. However, in levels which tell the player "Spend no more than X sun", bringing Sun-shroom is better.

For Endless Zones, the player can bring Primal Sunflower along so that sun production will be faster to set their defenses up quicker. This is crucial in high-cost setups.

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Name	Description
English	Primal Sunflower
Simplified Chinese	原始向日葵
French	Tournesol préhistorique
German	Urzeit-Sonnenblume
Italian	Girasole cavernicolo
Brazilian Portuguese	Girassol Primitivo
Spanish	Girasol primitivo

Trivia

• Before the 4.4.1 update, she could be used in almost all Last Stand and Sun Bombs levels, with the exception of the levels in Jurassic Marsh.
  • The glitch also happened to Toadstool, Stallia, Solar Sage and Sunflower Singer, but it has been fixed.
  • Primal Sunflower could also have been used on Dark Ages - Night 14, which disallows the use of all sun-producing plants except her and Sun Bean.
• In the 4.3 update, there was an error in the Almanac showing this plant's recharge as Mediocre; this was fixed in the 4.4 update.
• In her Spanish and Portuguese Almanac entry, Primal Sunflower is referred to as a male.
• She is one of the twenty-one plants that are fully charged at the very start of the level. The same applies to Sunflower, Sun-shroom, Moonflower, Gold Bloom, Electric Currant, Acidic Citrus and Power Mints.
• She acts similar to Giant Sunflower, as both produce large suns.

See also

• Sunflower
• Sun
• Sun-producing plants