Dew Frond

''This plant is a collection of thin, barbed fronds growing up from a central stalk. The fronds are a yellowish tan in color and stand shoulder high on a man.''

Combat
The dew frond relies upon its natural camouflage and innocuous appearance to lull prey into ignoring it. When it strikes, it does so using one or more of its four barbed fronds, whipping these out with uncanny precision. Such is the finesse with which the dew frond strikes that survivors of such an attack often completely fail to realize that they have come under attack, instead blaming bad luck, the wind or their own carelessness for their injuries.

As soon as it hits, the dew frond immediately attempts to grapple, so that it can initiate its blood drain ability and thus feed. Once it begins feeding, it begins growing, and with a suitably large victim, such as a half-giant (for example), the plant can grow very rapidly indeed.

Description
The ironically named dew frond is a blood-drinking plant that waylays passers-by with its barbed fronds and proceeds to drain them dry on the spot. As it feeds, the dew frond grows at an alarming rate, often doubling its size before the eyes of its hapless victims.

Growing in the Athasian jungle, the dew frond is an innocuous-looking killer that easily blends in with other, harmless flora. A young plant is some four or five feet across, with fronds of three to five feet in length. As the plant grows, it can soon reach heights of fifteen feet or more, with a radius of up to twenty feet.