Mystery plant a beautiful weed

BY JOHN NELSON Curator, USC Herbarium
Posted 11/27/11

But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs,

Losing both beauty and utility.

--William Shakespeare, King Henry V, act 5

The Duke of Burgundy came up with a good metaphor for the situation in France during a brief period of relative …

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