OMG! Is this a Symphyotrichum?; An Oreostemma? (Isn't that a medical procedure??); Could this be a Doellengeria? (...and I thought that was a disease?!); Might it be a Eurybia (Wait a minute - isn't this a country someplace in the world???); Oh hell - it's an ASTER... the honeybee sure doesn't care what we call it!
On Planet Taxonomy - a Poem
On planet Taxonomy
A warring generation arises:
One group is “splitter”
And another, “grouper”
We’re in a stupor – all a jitter
Dizzy and bitter
Amidst we are caught
Scrambled in endless onslaught
At their ungodly surprises.
--Wayne Paquette