These stunning flowers come back every year for spring color in the garden Reviewed by Julie Thompson-Adolf One of the most ...

Hartbeespoort Dam in the North-West is again grappling with a severe hyacinth infestation, affecting recreation and aquatic life.

water hyacinth was introduced from South America into the US in 1884. Since then it has spread into many lakes and rivers of the southern US, making it one of the most troublesome aquatic plants ...

The East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources estimated in a 2023 study that the invasion of water hyacinth in Kenyan lakes — including Africa's largest lake, Lake Victoria — has led ...

The water hyacinth extracted toxic metal after more than a century of smelting in the area A plant found in the Amazon basin has removed toxic metal pollution from a Swansea river during a three ...

The water hyacinth is native to South America and was reportedly introduced to Kenya in the 1980s “by tourists who brought it as an ornamental plant,” said Gordon Ocholla, an environmental ...