Flukeweed

Flukeweeds are plants that appear as curly pink sprouts and serve as obstacles. Most Pikmin types can not interact with them, but Winged Pikmin will try to uproot them, often revealing something like a pellet, some sheargrubs, a fruit, or even an Onion attached to their roots. When holding on, the Pikmin tug together at regular intervals, but if they are insufficient, this action will do nothing to the plant. If there are enough Pikmin on it, however, each tug will gradually weaken it, to the point at which point the plant pops out of the ground, drops its content, and then disappears. Generally, Flukeweeds concealing more valuable items need more Winged Pikmin to uproot. Flukeweeds sometimes grow on objects, and instead of pulling them out, Winged Pikmin use them to lift the object they are connected to and move it out of the way.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin: Shipwrecked Stargazers
In Pikmin: Shipwrecked Stargazers, the Flukeweed gains more versatile use, with some objects being bound to their roots. There are some bull skulls in Marrow Mines that the Winged Pikmin can lift up by the Flukeweeds growing on it, but only temporarily. These Winged Pikmin can only be whistled if there are no leaders or Pikmin under the skulls.