Roselia

The Thorn Pokémon
#315 - Roselia
Pre-Evolve	Budew
Evolve	Roserade
Debut	Pokémon: Sapphire Version Pokémon: Ruby Version
Species Info
Type	+ +
Height	0.3 m (1'00")
Weight	2.0 kg (4.4 lbs.)
Color	Green
Gender Ratio	1♂ : 1♀
Ability	Natural Cure / Poison Point
Hidden Ability	Leaf Guard
Egg Group	Fairy / Plant
Icon		Sprite
		File:315sprite.png
Footprint
30px
Base Statistics
Hit Points	50	Speed	65
Attack	60	Sp. Attack	100
Defense	45	Sp. Defense	80
Training Info
Catch Rate	150	Hatch Steps	5,120
Base Exp.	152	Effort Points	SpA
Happiness	70		SpA
To Lv.100	Slow

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Roselia is a thorn-covered plant-like Pokémon that was introduced in the third generation games. It had no evolutionary line until the fourth generation, when Budew was introduced as its baby form and Roserade as its new evolved form. This retroactively makes Roselia into the middle form of Budew's evolutionary line.

Information

Roselia has a pair of beautiful flowers on its hands. It releases a relaxing fragrance which brings serenity to all living things. The scent is more pleasant depending on how healthy the Roselia is. However, Roselia's flowers also have toxic thorns, which it will shoot out to protect its flowers from anyone who would want to steal them. Roselia that drink nutritionally rich spingwater usually bloom with rare and vivid colors.

A Roselia or Roserade parent will only produce an egg containing a Budew (as opposed to a Roselia) if the parent is holding a Rose Incense while breeding. Budew evolves into Roselia when it levels up with a high amount of happiness. In turn, Roselia evolves into Roserade when exposed to a Shiny Stone.

Appearances

Mainstream Games

In Pokémon: Ruby and Sapphire Versions, Roselia was commonly found at Route 117. In Diamond, Pearl and Platinum, it was found at Routes 212, 221, 224 and 225 (Diamond/Pearl only), the Great March (Diamond/Pearl only) and the Trophy Garden. In Platinum, it was additionally found at Routes 209, 209, 210, 229 and 230.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, it could appear at the Safari Zone's Marshland area if enough Forest objects were present.

Other Games

A Shadow Roselia could be snagged from Cipher Peon Fasin at Phenac City in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, and after being purified it could be traded to any of the third generation color versions. In Pokémon Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire, it was found at the Plains. In Pokémon Trozei!, it appeared at Phobos Train, Endless Level 6, Pair Trozei and Mr. Who's Den. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, it could be recruited on the fourth through seventh floors of Uproar Forest, but in Blue Rescue Team it could only be recruited after a Wonder Mail mission in which the Roselia had to be rescued from the second floor of Tiny Woods. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness, it could be recruited at Mystifying Forest, Mystery Jungle and Midnight Forest. In Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, it appeared at Vien Forest. Roselia also appeared in Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs at Sophian Road.

Other Appearances

Other Media

• In the Pokémon anime, Drew had a Roselia that appeared in various episodes of the Hoenn and Battle Frontier series as his main Pokémon for Pokémon Contests. It evolved into Roserade prior to the Sinnoh series. Another episode featured Roselia as the Pokémon of Victoria Winstrate. During the Sinnoh series, Nando's Budew evolved into Roselia during a battle with Ash. He also used it for contests, and it evolved into Roserade before the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
• In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Wally caught a Roselia during the Ruby/Sapphire arc which acted as part of his main team.

Trivia

• Its name is a play on "rose", possibly combined with "azalea".