The Gold Flower is a rare power-up located mostly underground where it's hot and where gold resides. They say the Gold Flower is actually a Fire Flower mixed with the gold that comes from the caves, which could be true, given that when the gold energy fades, the power-up slowly becomes like the Fire Flower again. When used, it turns the user into a gold metal (or silver, depending on the person) with the special power to shoot gold flame balls which defeat most foes, and can even turn them into gold! They also say if you have this power-up for an extended period of time without using it, the gold energy accumulates into a midas-touch like power, which almost puts this power-up on a time limit.