Minecraft Flower: Full List, Dyes, Biomes and Stew Effects
Minecraft flowers do three jobs. They supply twelve of the game’s sixteen dyes, they set the status effect inside suspicious stew, and they attract bees for honey production.
Current versions include sixteen one-block flowers, five two-block flowers and several flowering blocks that behave differently from either group. Where a flower grows decides how fast you can collect it.
Every small flower in Minecraft and its dye
Small flowers occupy a single block and can be duplicated with bone meal in the biome where they generate. All sixteen can go in a flower pot and all can be fed to a brown mooshroom for stew.
| Flower | Dye | Where it generates |
|---|---|---|
| Dandelion | Yellow | Plains, meadows, most grassy biomes |
| Poppy | Red | Plains, forests, meadows, villages |
| Blue Orchid | Light blue | Swamp |
| Allium | Magenta | Flower forest, meadow, woodland mansion pots |
| Azure Bluet | Light gray | Plains, sunflower plains, flower forest, meadow |
| Red Tulip | Red | Plains, flower forest |
| Orange Tulip | Orange | Plains, sunflower plains, flower forest |
| White Tulip | Light gray | Plains, flower forest |
| Pink Tulip | Pink | Plains, flower forest |
| Oxeye Daisy | Light gray | Plains, sunflower plains, flower forest |
| Cornflower | Blue | Plains, flower forest, meadow |
| Lily of the Valley | White | Flower forest |
| Wither Rose | Black | Dropped by mobs killed by the Wither |
| Torchflower | Orange | Grown from seeds dug up by a sniffer |
| Open Eyeblossom | Orange | Pale garden |
| Closed Eyeblossom | Gray | Pale garden |
The eyeblossom opens and closes on a cycle
Eyeblossoms are the only Minecraft flowers with two states. The flower opens at night and closes during the day, and each state crafts a different dye.
They grow only in the pale garden, a sub-biome of the dark forest. Breaking one while open and pot-planting it indoors keeps the cycle running.
Tall flowers in Minecraft and double dye output
Two-block flowers return two dye per craft instead of one. They cannot be placed in flower pots and cannot be used for suspicious stew.
| Flower | Dye | Where it generates |
|---|---|---|
| Sunflower | Yellow x2 | Sunflower plains only |
| Lilac | Magenta x2 | Forest, flower forest, birch forest, dark forest |
| Rose Bush | Red x2 | Forest, flower forest, birch forest |
| Peony | Pink x2 | Forest, flower forest, birch forest, dark forest |
| Pitcher Plant | Cyan x2 | Grown from pitcher pods dug up by a sniffer |
Sunflowers always face east, which makes them a reliable compass in a world without a map. The orientation is fixed in the block state and does not change when replanted.
Flowering blocks that are not standard Minecraft flowers
Several blocks produce dye or attract bees without behaving like a normal flower. They sit on different surfaces and follow their own placement rules.
| Block | Dye | Where it generates |
|---|---|---|
| Pink Petals | Pink | Cherry grove, up to four petals per block |
| Wildflowers | Yellow | Forest and birch forest |
| Cactus Flower | Pink | On tall cacti in desert and badlands |
| Chorus Flower | None | End islands, grows chorus plants |
| Spore Blossom | None | Lush caves ceilings |
| Flowering Azalea | None | Above lush caves, grows azalea trees |
Which Minecraft flowers give which dye colour
Twelve of the sixteen dye colours come directly from flowers. The four without a flower source are lime, purple, brown and green.
Pink has the widest set of sources at four. Black, gray, white, blue, light blue and cyan each come from a single flower, which makes those the ones worth farming deliberately.
Green comes from smelting cactus and brown from cocoa beans. Lime and purple are mixes, made from white plus green and red plus blue.
Suspicious stew effects from Minecraft flowers
Suspicious stew takes a bowl, a red mushroom, a brown mushroom and one small flower. The flower decides the effect, and all effects are level one.
| Flower | Effect | Duration (Java) |
|---|---|---|
| Allium | Fire Resistance | 3s |
| Azure Bluet, Open Eyeblossom | Blindness | 11s |
| Blue Orchid, Dandelion | Saturation | 0.35s |
| Closed Eyeblossom | Nausea | 7s |
| Cornflower | Jump Boost | 5s |
| Lily of the Valley | Poison | 11s |
| Oxeye Daisy | Regeneration | 7s |
| Poppy, Torchflower | Night Vision | 5s |
| Tulips (all four) | Weakness | 7s |
| Wither Rose | Wither | 7s |
Bedrock durations run shorter for several of these, with blindness dropping from 11 seconds to 7. Stew is the only way to get Saturation or Blindness in survival without commands.
Where to farm Minecraft flowers efficiently
The flower forest carries almost every small flower type, which makes it the fastest biome for collecting a full dye set. Bone meal on grass blocks there regrows whatever the biome supports.
Meadows add alliums and cornflowers at higher density. Swamps are the only source of blue orchids, and the pale garden is the only source of eyeblossoms.
Bone meal duplication works on placed flowers in any biome. Place one flower, apply bone meal to it, and copies spread to nearby grass blocks regardless of local generation rules.
Flowers and bees
Bees pollinate any flower and return to the hive to raise honey levels. A ring of flowers within a few blocks of a hive keeps production running without player input.
Wither roses are the exception. They damage any mob that touches them, bees included, so they stay out of apiaries.
FAQ
How many flowers are in Minecraft?
Current versions have sixteen one-block flowers and five two-block flowers, for twenty-one standard flowers. Additional flowering blocks such as pink petals, wildflowers and cactus flowers also produce dye.
Which Minecraft biome has the most flowers?
The flower forest generates nearly every small flower type, including alliums, lily of the valley, all four tulips and cornflowers. It is the fastest biome for collecting a complete dye set.
How do you duplicate flowers in Minecraft?
Place a flower on grass and apply bone meal directly to it. Copies spread to nearby grass blocks. This works in any biome, including ones where that flower does not generate naturally.
Which flower gives black dye in Minecraft?
The wither rose is the only flower that crafts black dye. It drops when the Wither kills a mob, so it cannot be found growing naturally in any biome.
Do tall flowers give more dye?
Yes. Sunflowers, lilacs, rose bushes, peonies and pitcher plants each craft into two dye. Small flowers craft into one, and tall flowers cannot be used for suspicious stew.
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