Solidago rugosa P. Miller22 of 29
July 21, Open wetland, Tidmarsh Farms, Plymouth
rough-stemmed goldenrod
Two sympatric subspecies of the same species (ssp.
aspera is on the right, ssp.
rugosa on the left). This photo makes particularly
questionable the notion of subspecies the way it is
applied to these taxa: they seem to be two distinct
species.