K-G tumbleweed plant

A "tumbleweed plant" was one of the native life forms of the planet K-G. They were used by the to herd the cattle beasts to them so that they could consume them.

In 2266, a USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) landing party observed the cattle beasts being herded to by the tumbleweed plants to the plant species which them consumed them, and realized that this was the intended fate for the captured Janice Rand. After they rescued her, the tumbleweed plants tried to attack them, but they used their phasers to fend them off.