Liabum stipulatum (Santamaría)

Native from Colombia to northwestern Venezuela and Ecuador, this Andean shrub belongs to the daisy family. In Colombia, it grows between about 4,920 and 9,120 feet in the Andes and Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Its leaves have finely serrated or small-toothed margins, and the winged leaf stalks have distinctive ear-like appendages at their bases. The small flower heads contain both ray flowers and central disk florets, with numerous overlapping bracts surrounding each head. Photographed in Colombia.