Parthenium Hysterophorus: In the 1950s, this weed entered India with American wheat: How Parthenium quietly became one of India’s biggest invasive plant problems
How Parthenium quietly became one of India’s biggest invasive plant problems (Photo: Canva) Not every invasion arrives in a country with pomp and show; some happen silently without us even noticing, with something as simple as a sack of grains. This is what happened with Parthenium hysterophorus, a wiry, white-flowered weed that entered the country…