Can you identify this mystery plant if we tell you a few things about it?

It’s an alien from way down south. Intentionally brought into this country by people who needed to provide oxygen in confined spaces, it’s been loose in America for over a century. You can now find it in scattered locations from border to border and coast to coast.

Everywhere you find this plant growing where it wasn’t invited, you’ll find people who despise its nasty habits. Perhaps its worst habit is producing dense stands or mats that crowd out native vegetation.

To know this plant well is to appreciate its oddities. For example, it doesn’t need soil to grow, and even though it is a seedless flowering species, all of the problem plants are males.

Identifying this plant can be tricky. People often mistake it for a plant whose common name rhymes with the most common ice cream flavor.

The places where this plant causes the most trouble are places where drawdowns are most likely to play an important role in its control or eradication.

For the answer and further information, be sure to read “Mystery Plant 6 Revealed” in tomorrow’s Traveler.