Needlenose Plants are an enemy variant of Egg Plant which appear in the Yoshi's Island series. They first appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and went on to reappear in Yoshi's Island DS and then in Yoshi's New Island.
A Needlenose Plant has the exact appearance of an Egg Plant, but behave differently in that they spit out green Needlenoses instead of Yoshi Eggs like an Egg Plant does. Needlenose Plants can spit out several Needlenoses at once unlike Egg Plants, which spit out Yoshi Eggs individually. If a Yoshi has a full set of six eggs, a Needlenose Plant does not spit out any Needlenoses.
In Yoshi's New Island, Needlenose Plants behave differently in that they spit out yellow Needlenoses, even if a Yoshi has a full set of six eggs.