Creeping Chrysanthemum

The Creeping Chrysanthemum is a member of the chrysanthemum family that, when dormant, greatly resembles the Margaret, but can still be told apart from the normal flowers. When Pikmin or leaders get close, it will spring out of the ground and attack by attempting to eat them, although it can miss, which results in it toppling over and struggling for some seconds. It can replant itself by sucking itself into the ground until only the its flowers remain visible.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin 251
The Creeping Chrysanthemum appears in Pikmin 251. The behavior of this creature has not changed from.

In Pikmin V
The Creeping Chrysanthemum is conceptually unchanged in Pikmin V, but its body has been made skinnier and less squishy to behave more like real vegetable bodies. Its arm-roots support its whole body weight now, with the top and bottom swiveling around the connection point. It dips over to eat Pikmin, the rebound toppling it over if it misses instead of it hitting itself, and it shakes Pikmin off by swinging its body, throwing them all in front of it. It emerges from the ground by sticking the roots out, which then pull the body, and does that in reverse to return to the earth.

In Pikmin: Global Breakdown
Creeping Chrysanthemums in Pikmin: Global Breakdown are more hostile, eat faster, and have a seeding variety.

In Pikmin: Redemption
In Pikmin: Redemption, the petrified corpses of Creeping Chrysanthemums can be seen lining the passageway in Merged Nothingness that leads to the Crystal Palace and the Tower of Babil.

In Pikmin: Ultimate Doom
The Creeping Chrysanthemum appears in Pikmin: Ultimate Doom. It appears at Decomposing Citadel and Crystal Falls, and is encountered in the Hole of Glitter.

In Pikspore
In Pikspore, Creeping Chrysanthemums appear at Spectral Garden and in various caves. In addition to a form that mimics Margarets, Creeping Chrysanthemums have a form that mimics Pellet Posies.