Lasiospermum

Erect or ascending annual or perennial herbs. Leaves mostly cauline, alternate, 1- or 2-pinnatisect, rarely entire. Capitula pedunculate, radiate or discoid, solitary or paniculate, terminal; involucral bracts 2- or 3-seriate, outermost bracts shorter, otherwise ± equal, herbaceous with membranous margins and apex; receptacle flat to conical with membranous scales. Ray florets female, 1-seriate, ligulate; disc florets bisexual, campanulate; corolla 5-lobed; anthers with lanceolate apical appendage, without tails or spurs at base; style with linear, truncate branches. Cypselas obloid-ovoid, ribbed, hairy. Pappus absent.