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A flower so gorgeous it's illegal — beauty with a body count of wetlands
banned beautyOutlawed in many U.S. states as a noxious invader
seed bombOne plant fires over two million seeds yearly
wetland killerChokes marshes into purple monocultures, starving native wildlife
named for peaceGreeks believed it calmed quarreling oxen under the yoke
beetle warfareReleased beetles now deployed to eat it back