Mary DeDecker and the Golden Shrub of the Desert

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Golden Bunches of Shrubs On the 4th of July in 1976, a very hot day to go hiking, botanist Mary Dedecker made her way back to a spot in the desert of California where she had discovered a new plant earlier in June of that same year. When DeDecker reached the shrub, she was stunned.…

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