Jordan River Temple Flower

I noticed this flower (reminds me of cosmos but it has black thick leaves) next to the sidewalk on our way into the temple.

"I'm going to take a picture of that when we come out," I said to my sweetie.

After the session, when I was kneeling down to take the picture, a lady gardener drove up in a little green truck and said, "Are you stealing flowers?" She was smiling when I turned around.

"No, just keeping them forever," I said.

"I like to take close ups of flowers too," she said and then drove away.