{
  "id": 15557314,
  "title": "Florida embraced water hyacinth for its purple flowers in the 1880s; after spreading past 120,000 acres, it was cut it to about 2,000 acres statewide",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/florida-embraced-water-hyacinth-for-its-purple-flowers-in-the-1880s",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T04:05:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/florida-embraced-water-hyacinth-for-its-purple-flowers-in-the-1880s-after-spreading-past-120-000-acres-it-was-cut-it-to-about-2-000-acres-statewide-101791623259439.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Florida welcomed water hyacinth for its purple flowers in the 1880s. By the early 1960s, it covered over 120,000 acres. Today it’s down to about 2,000 acres.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}