Lasiocephalus ovatus (Arquitecta)
Native from southern Colombia to Ecuador, this Andean herb or shrub belongs to the daisy family. It grows in high mountain grasslands, between about 10,500 and 14,765 feet in Colombia. Yellow flower heads develop in the Ecuadorian pƔramo. The species is associated with open alpine vegetation rather than lowland tropical forest. Its local names include arquitecta and arquitecto. Photographed in Colombia.