Lilligant are officially referred to as the flowering pokemon, but some have proposed replacing this appellation with the "dancing pokemon" for while Lilligant flowers rarely bloom and often wilt, few can watch Lilligant without noticing their constant dance. In battle, these pokemon dance to wound their opponents, strengthen themselves, or baffle the opposition, while when at peace, Lilligant dance both to impress onlookers and to attract mates from one of many related species of male grass-type pokemon. Lilligant dances vary even more in appearance than they do in purpose, and it is said that no two Lilligant use exactly the same dance pattern.
Humans have also long appreciated dance, in contexts ranging from pokemon contests to the theater, so domestic Lilligant have often found work as entertainers. To human eyes, their dances are as baffling as they are beautiful, bouquets of falling and swaying petals, some of which are even mistaken for wings. Yet these pokemon have long been associated more with tragedy than joy, for their somber expression is often noticed even from a distance, and their wilted flowers or enclosed flower-buds are even harder to miss.
On rare occasions, a skilled Lilligant trainer can bring these pokemon happiness. When they succeed, a beautiful fragrance fills whichever halls these pokemon perform in, and a bright red-orange, crownlike flower on those rare Lilligant's heads highlights the ecstatic joy on their faces. Yet those trainers who discover how to make their Lilligant's flowers bloom either do so by accident or are sworn to secrecy, and the frequent wilting of their flowers and failure of any broadly-applied method to cheer these pokemon up ensures that flowering Lilligant remain as rare a sight now as in ancient times; some have suggested that even Yamask are more likely than Lilligant to be happy!