SIDESADDLE GOLDENROD 
Solidago ciliosa Greene 
Although sidesaddle goldenrod is a dwarf plant, it is a showy 
member of its group, for it has much larger flowers than most of the 
goldenrods found in the western mountains. It enjoys steep mountain 
slopes, where it is conspicuous among the many flowets that grow 
beside the trails. The flower heads ate equally large when the plants 
grow at high altitudes, even though the stems may be only an inch 
long. 
Sidesaddle goldentod is found from Arizona and Colorado north- 
watd to Alberta and British Columbia. 
The specimen sketched was obtained on the trail leading to Burgess 
Pass about seven miles from Field, British Columbia, Canada, at an 
altitude of 6,500 feet. 
PLATE 183 
