Heart Flowers

Erika's Heart Flower

The Heart Flowers (心の花, Heart Flowers)^? are important elements in the setting of Heartcatch Pretty Cure!, serving as Pretty Cure's motivation during the season.

Characteristics and Powers

Heart Flowers have no particular powers, but they represent the hearts of each human. They are untouchable and invisible to normal humans, and only Pretty Cure and Desert Apostles can sense their presence.

The meanings of the flowers used in the series are mostly from Japanese culture, Hanakotoba (花言葉, Hanakotoba)^? in particular. It is shown that a Heart Flower is capable of changing color if a new feeling is more dominant than the previous. If a person is in a good mood, the Heart Flower will bloom healthy and strong. However, if the person is in a bad mood and suffering from insecurities, then the Heart Flower will wilt. This will happen to color-changed Heart Flowers if they are not cured in time,^HPC02 and if the flower is completely wilted for too long, the Tree of Hearts will weaken. However, regardless of how strong the negative feeling is, those feelings will always disappear when purified along with the Heart Flower.

When the Heart Flower is forced out, the body separates into two objects; one crystal containing the Heart Flower, and one crystal ball which has the suffering person imprisoned inside of it. The person can only return to normal if the Heart Flower is purified, and the crystals are put back together again. So far, only the Pretty Cure have been seen purifying a wilting Heart Flower, and when it happens, the Heart Flower will start blooming again despite the owner's past feelings.

The Desert Apostles use wilting or negative Heart Flowers to form Desertrians, and it is stated that the more a Heart Flower is wilting, the stronger the Desertrian will be. An extracted Heart Flower will wither faster if the Desertrian is powered up by a Dark Bracelet.

After a Heart Flower is cleansed and returned to its owner, a Heart Seed forms and the Tree of Hearts recovers. However, if a withered and extracted Heart Flower is unable to be purified, it will completely withers, and the victim will be trapped in the crystal ball forever.

List of Heart Flowers

Episode	Owner	Flower	Image	Stolen by	Meaning	Purified with
HPC01 HPC02	Kurumi Erika	Cyclamen (red/white)		Sasorina	Red: jealousy White: purity	Pink Forte Wave
HPC03	Ueshima Sayaka	Poinsettia (red)		Sasorina	Heart burning with passion	Blue Forte Wave
HPC04	-	Dandelion		Kumojaki	-	Blue Forte Wave
HPC04	Ogasawara Mao	Blue star		Kumojaki	A trusting heart	Floral Power Fortissimo
HPC05	Miura Akira	Salvia (red)		Cobraja	Familial love	Floral Power Fortissimo
HPC06	Tada Kanae	Blackberry		Sasorina	Caring for others	Pink Forte Wave
HPC07	Myoudouin Itsuki	Peony		Cobraja	Rebirth of a ruler/Radiant confidence	Floral Power Fortissimo
HPC08	Kurumi Momoka	Dahlia		Kumojaki	Splendour	Blue Forte Wave
HPC09	Obata	Hyacinth (white)		Cobraja	A heart's peaceful love	Floral Power Fortissimo
HPC11	Sakai Yoshito	Digitalis		Kumojaki	Burning passion	Pink Forte Wave
HPC12	Shibata Risa	Tulip		Cobraja	Eternal love	Pink Forte Wave
HPC14	Shiku Nanami	Carnation		Sasorina	Motherly love	Pink Forte Wave
HPC15	Hiroto	Viola (Sumire)		Kumojaki	Modesty	Floral Power Fortissimo
HPC16	Takagishi Azusa	Bougainvillea		Cobraja	Passion	Blue Forte Wave
HPC17	Harano Masahiko	Azalea		Sasorina	Passion	Floral Power Fortissimo
HPC18	Ban Kenji	(Flowering) Dogwood		Kumojaki	To receive feelings	Floral Power Fortissimo
HPC19	Horiuchi Aki	Tangerine		Cobraja	A bride's rejoice	Blue Forte Wave
HPC20	Tsuyuki Karin	Browallia		Sasorina	Overflowing with charm	Blue Forte Wave
HPC21	Tsurusaki	Rhododendron		Cobraja	Dignity	Floral Power Fortissimo
HPC22	Mizushima Aya	Sasanqua		Kumojaki	Unyielding love	Blue Forte Wave
HPC23 HPC24	Myoudouin Satsuki	Chamomile		Sasorina	To overcome hardship	Gold Forte Burst
HPC26	Sawai Naomi	Strawberry blossom		Kumojaki	Love and admiration	Gold Forte Burst
HPC27	Nakano Mitsuru	Lavender		Sasorina	To be waiting	Pink Forte Wave
HPC29	Hayashi Yuki	Rapa blossom		Kumojaki	To be full of energy	Pink Forte Wave
HPC30	Haruka's mother	Verbena (purple)		Cobraja	Family happiness	Gold Forte Burst
HPC31	Saitani Hideo	Spinach blossom		Sasorina	Vitality	Shining Fortissimo
HPC32 HPC34	Tsukikage Yuri	Lily (white)		-	Purity and dignity	-
HPC35	Gou	Japanese bellflower		Kumojaki	Unchanging love	Silver Forte Wave
HPC36	Ikeda Aya and Kudou Mayu	Aster		Cobraja	A trusting heart	Shining Fortissimo
HPC40	Satou	Carrot Blossom		Sasorina	-	Heartcatch Orchestra
HPC40	Sasorina	Katakuri		-	Withstand sadness and jealousy	Heartcatch Orchestra
HPC41	Noriko	Safflower		Kumojaki	Tolerance	Heartcatch Orchestra
HPC42	Hayato	Cherry blossom		Cobraja	A little lover	Heartcatch Orchestra
HPC43	Kasumi	Lily-of-the-valley		Kumojaki	Arrival of happiness	Heartcatch Orchestra
HPC44	a man dressed at work as Santa	Gypsophila		Kumojaki and Cobraja	-	Heartcatch Orchestra
HPC46	Cobraja	Japanese rose		N/A	Beautiful sadness	Gold Forte Burst
HPC46	Kumojaki	Achillea		N/A	To fight	Blue Forte Wave
HPC Movie	Olivier	Osmanthus (orange)		Baron Salamander	Modesty, truth, unchanging charm	Shining Fortissimo
TRPC Movie	Sharon	Snowdrop		N/A	Hope	Heart Shining Orchestra

Trivia

• During episode 2, it is said that each Heart Flower's color and flower type mirrors the owner's feelings and personality, and each Heart Flower is unique.
  • The last statement seems to be incorrect, as Tsukikage Haruna and Hayashi Yuuki have the exact same Heart Flower.
• Sharon's Heart Flower is the only one to exist outside of Heartcatch!.
• In the Heartcatch! novel, there are more Heart Flowers revealed, such as Tsukikage Haruna's being Rape Blossom.
  • The novel also revealed that Sasorina, Kumojaki, and Cobraja were created by Sabaku from people with wilted Heart Flowers.