--- title: "Petilil (#0548): Stats, Weaknesses, Moves & Lore | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/pokemon/petilil" description: "Petilil (#0548): Grass-type Bulb Pokémon from Unova. Base stat total 280. Stats, matchups, evolutions, moves, every Pokédex entry and lore on pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-21" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" last_checked: "2026-10-20" --- #0548 · Unova · Generation 5 # Petilil Bulb Pokémon · Grass-type ![Petilil official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/548.webp) Petilil is a [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass)-type Pokémon, the Bulb Pokémon, number 548 (#0548) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the [Unova](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/unova) region. It is 0.5 m tall and weighs 6.6 kg. Petilil is the Bulb Pokémon, a female-only Grass type with bitter head leaves that, some say, bring back vigour once dried and boiled. The Ultra Sun Pokédex gives that as the reason it is popular with the elderly. ## How to pronounce Petilil Petilil is pronounced **PET-ih-lil**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable. Listen to Petilil said out loud: [Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/548.mp3) In Japanese it is チュリネ (Churine). Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce). ## Lore ### Biology Petilil looks like a bulb, rather like an onion, 0.5 m tall and 6.6 kg and mostly light green, with three oblong leaves on its head: the deeper their colour, the healthier the Pokémon. Its white crescent-shaped face has brown eyes and no visible nose or mouth, and its lower body is five stubs, two of which act as arms. ### Behaviour Petilil prefers clean water and soil, and the Ultra Moon Pokédex says that when its environment turns bad, the whole group moves to a new area. It can settle in a carefully kept field or flowerbed. Its head leaves grow right back if they fall out, and regular pruning can grow it into a fine plump shape. ### Habitat Petilil turns up beside clean water and in damp soil rich in nutrients. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in Paldea's South and West Provinces and in Kitakami. ### Powers Petilil's Abilities are Chlorophyll and Own Tempo, with Leaf Guard hidden. It drains health with Absorb, Mega Drain and Giga Drain, puts foes to sleep with Sleep Powder and paralyses them with Stun Spore, and learns Leaf Storm at level 42. ### Name origin Petilil may combine petal, petite, petunia or petiole with 'lily' or 'li'l', meaning little. The Japanese name is Churine (チュリネ), possibly from chūrippu ('tulip'), yurine ('lily bulb') and ne ('root'). ### Design inspiration Atsuko Nishida designed Petilil and Lilligant. Bulbapedia reads Petilil as a lily-family bulb, most likely a tulip, with a Shiny colouring that may nod to yellow onions or golden garlic. These are fan readings. ### Evolution notes Petilil evolves into Lilligant when a Sun Stone is used on it, with no level requirement. ### In the games Petilil first appears in Black and White, where it is wild in White's Pinwheel Forest and Lostlorn Forest. In Legends: Arceus it lives in the Crimson Mirelands, including massive mass outbreaks. In Scarlet and Violet it is wild in Paldea and in The Teal Mask's Kitakami, including 1-star Tera Raid Battles. It is unobtainable in Legends: Z-A. ### In the anime Petilil's animated series debut came in 'Clash of the Connoisseurs!', where Ricard Nouveau thought it would suit Marigold, but Cilan disagreed, much to Marigold's relief. ### Fun facts - Ken Sugimori said the Petilil line was first meant to have three stages, not two. - Petilil and Cottonee are tied on a base stat total of 280, the lowest of any Grass type in Generation V. - Petilil turns up as an enemy in the Smash Run mode of the 3DS Super Smash Bros., spraying Sleep Powder over a wide area. Sources: [Bulbapedia: Petilil (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Petilil_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Serebii: Petilil (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/petilil/) ## Base stats - HP: **45** - Attack: **35** - Defense: **50** - Sp. Atk: **70** - Sp. Def: **50** - Speed: **30** Petilil’s base stat total is **280**. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk. ## Type matchups ### What is Petilil weak to? Petilil takes extra damage from [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire) (2×), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice) (2×), [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison) (2×), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying) (2×), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug) (2×) moves. It resists [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water) (½×), [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric) (½×), [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass) (½×), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground) (½×). ## Evolution ### How does Petilil evolve? Petilil evolves into [Lilligant](https://pokee.si/pokemon/lilligant) (Sun Stone; Hisuian Lilligant: Sun Stone, in Hisui). The whole family: **Petilil**, [Lilligant](https://pokee.si/pokemon/lilligant). ## Abilities - [Chlorophyll](https://pokee.si/abilities/chlorophyll): Doubles Speed during strong sunlight. - [Own Tempo](https://pokee.si/abilities/own-tempo): Prevents confusion. - [Leaf Guard](https://pokee.si/abilities/leaf-guard) (hidden ability): Protects against major status ailments during strong sunlight. ## Moves ### Moves Petilil learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet | Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Absorb](https://pokee.si/moves/absorb) | Grass | Special | 20 | | 1 | [Growth](https://pokee.si/moves/growth) | Normal | Status | — | | 3 | [Helping Hand](https://pokee.si/moves/helping-hand) | Normal | Status | — | | 6 | [Stun Spore](https://pokee.si/moves/stun-spore) | Grass | Status | — | | 9 | [Mega Drain](https://pokee.si/moves/mega-drain) | Grass | Special | 40 | | 12 | [Charm](https://pokee.si/moves/charm) | Fairy | Status | — | | 15 | [Magical Leaf](https://pokee.si/moves/magical-leaf) | Grass | Special | 60 | | 18 | [Sleep Powder](https://pokee.si/moves/sleep-powder) | Grass | Status | — | | 21 | [Giga Drain](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-drain) | Grass | Special | 75 | | 24 | [Leech Seed](https://pokee.si/moves/leech-seed) | Grass | Status | — | | 27 | [After You](https://pokee.si/moves/after-you) | Normal | Status | — | | 30 | [Energy Ball](https://pokee.si/moves/energy-ball) | Grass | Special | 90 | | 33 | [Synthesis](https://pokee.si/moves/synthesis) | Grass | Status | — | | 36 | [Sunny Day](https://pokee.si/moves/sunny-day) | Fire | Status | — | | 39 | [Entrainment](https://pokee.si/moves/entrainment) | Normal | Status | — | | 42 | [Leaf Storm](https://pokee.si/moves/leaf-storm) | Grass | Special | 130 | ### TM moves (22) Petilil can learn 22 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: [Charm](https://pokee.si/moves/charm), [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect), [Trailblaze](https://pokee.si/moves/trailblaze), [Facade](https://pokee.si/moves/facade), [Magical Leaf](https://pokee.si/moves/magical-leaf), [Endure](https://pokee.si/moves/endure), [Sunny Day](https://pokee.si/moves/sunny-day), [Bullet Seed](https://pokee.si/moves/bullet-seed), [Sleep Talk](https://pokee.si/moves/sleep-talk), [Seed Bomb](https://pokee.si/moves/seed-bomb), [Grass Knot](https://pokee.si/moves/grass-knot), [Rest](https://pokee.si/moves/rest), [Substitute](https://pokee.si/moves/substitute), [Giga Drain](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-drain), [Energy Ball](https://pokee.si/moves/energy-ball), [Encore](https://pokee.si/moves/encore), [Helping Hand](https://pokee.si/moves/helping-hand), [Pollen Puff](https://pokee.si/moves/pollen-puff), [Leaf Storm](https://pokee.si/moves/leaf-storm), [Solar Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/solar-beam), [Tera Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/tera-blast), [Grassy Glide](https://pokee.si/moves/grassy-glide). Egg moves (4):[Healing Wish](https://pokee.si/moves/healing-wish), [Ingrain](https://pokee.si/moves/ingrain), [Sweet Scent](https://pokee.si/moves/sweet-scent), [Worry Seed](https://pokee.si/moves/worry-seed). ## Breeding & training - Gender: 0% male, 100% female. - Egg groups: Grass. - Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560). - Catch rate: 190 out of 255. - Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50. - Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100). - Defeating it gives 1 Sp. Atk effort value. - Base experience yield: 56. ## Pokédex entries The leaves on its head are highly valued for medicinal purposes. Dry the leaves in the sun, boil them, and then drink the bitter decoction for remarkably effective relief from fatigue. *(Legends: Arceus)* The deeper the color of a Petilil's leaves, the healthier the Pokémon is. Petilil sometimes makes its home in a well-tended field or flowerbed. *(Shield)* Petilil appears around sources of clean water. Boiling leaves from this Pokémon's head results in a liquid that's sometimes used as a bug repellent. *(Sword)* They prefer clean water and soil. When the environment they live in turns bad, the whole bunch will up and move to a new area. *(Ultra Moon)* Some say if you dry the leaves on its head, boil them down, and drink the infusion, your vigor will return, so Petilil is popular with the elderly. *(Ultra Sun)* By pruning the leaves on its head with regularity, this Pokémon can be grown into a fine plump shape. *(Moon)* ## Names around the world - **Japanese**: チュリネ - **Romaji**: Churine - **French**: Chlorobule - **German**: Lilminip - **Spanish**: Petilil - **Italian**: Petilil - **Korean**: 치릴리 - **Chinese (Simplified)**: 百合根娃娃 - **Chinese (Traditional)**: 百合根娃娃 ## Trivia - Lowest base stat total among Grass types in Gen 5: 280, shared with 1 other. - Taller than 19% of all Pokémon (0.5 m). - Heavier than 20% of all Pokémon (6.6 kg). - Base stat total 280, ranked #913 of 1,025. - One of 127 Grass-type Pokémon (counting dual types). - One of 130 green Pokémon. - Number 55 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova). - Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon. - Can learn 35 different moves in Scarlet / Violet. - Catch rate 190: about 24.8% per Poké Ball at full health. - Appears in 10 distinct Pokédex entries. ## Sources and fact-checking - Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: [PokéAPI](https://pokeapi.co) open game data. - Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Petilil (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Petilil_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Serebii: Petilil (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/petilil/). - Pronunciation (PET-ih-lil): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it. **Last checked:** 20 October 2026. 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