The feeder plant was native to the planet of Binaros in the Kathol Outback. The plant consisted of two distinct entities; the mother plant, and its feeders. In 8 ABY, a feeder plant was inadvertently taken aboard the New Republic corvette FarStar after the Defel Kl'aal got some of the spores caught in his fur. The plant began growing in one of the lower holds, and began a threat to crew when its feeders started to cause shipwide malfunctions and attacking the crew. The FarStar's xenobiologist, Varel DeVay, managed to create a gaseous poison to kill the plant.