A zinthorn was a type of flower which was considered horrible. It had pink petals, a brown stem, and green thorns. Bouqets of zinthorns were used in Imperial weddings. In 5 ABY, the Imperial Emperor Trioculus intended to force the Rebel Leia Organa into marriage aboard the Moffship in orbit on the planet Tatooine. He presented the princess with a bouqet of a dozen zinthorns wrapped in a red bow, not knowing that he was actually giving them to a Human replica droid, Leia Organa II, who had been switched with the real Organa by her fellow Rebels. Leia Organa II accepted the flowers without hesitation, and later shot Trioculus with her laser eyes while still holding them.
Zinthorns first appeared in Queen of the Empire, a 1993 junior novel by Paul and Hollace Davids, in which the flowers were illustrated by Karl Kesel. The novel described the zinthorns as black, however, a version of the illustration from Queen of the Empire, colorized by Mark Hudson, was included in the StarWars.com article Barely Tolerable: Alien Henchmen of the Empire, in which the zinthorns were portrayed with pink petals.
Zinthorns first appeared in Queen of the Empire, a 1993 junior novel by Paul and Hollace Davids, in which the flowers were illustrated by Karl Kesel. The novel described the zinthorns as black, however, a version of the illustration from Queen of the Empire, colorized by Mark Hudson, was included in the StarWars.com article Barely Tolerable: Alien Henchmen of the Empire, in which the zinthorns were portrayed with pink petals.