Vinyari

From publisher blurb: The most vegetative professors emeritus you’ll ever meet. The vinyari are a race of sentient plants who favor knowledge over just about everything else. They ply the stars learning and teaching and taking on the odd adventure or pirate gig in order to pay for their studies. While many still live on their homeworld of Vin, the vinyari are no strangers to the stars and can be found investigating all manner of mysteries.