Chawix

The chawix are native to the palnet Ansion and are featured in the book Star Wars: The Approaching Storm. They are small plants, not unlike tumbleweed. They have many thorns, which on proximity to flesh, will extend and fill with poison. The chawix will insert these into its prey and inject the poison, killing the individual in minutes. They will then feed like a spider, secreting a chemical that slowly liquifies the prey then sucking it up through their barbs.