Petaluma was a species of rare talking flower called Ficus Solitarius, an extremely rare, beautiful and selfish plant that appears in the cartoon show episode "Smurfette's Flower". While picking flowers in the forest with Puppy, Smurfette accidentally fell on and injured Petaluma. Smurfette happily volunteered to take her back to the village with her. Smurfette tended to her needs and went as far as to put a skylight in her house so that Petaluma could get more sun. When it rained, Petaluma told her not to close the skylight because she loved the rain. The next day Petaluma grew out of proportion from the rain and kicked Smurfette out of the house because there wasn't enough room for her. Brainy and Papa Smurf tried to prune her and demanded Smurfette take her back to the woods. Smurfette