Lasiopogon Cass.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 131

25. Lasiopogon Cass. 1

Annuals, much-branched from base; lateral stems procumbent, spreading in a circle. Leaves alternate. Capitula small, 3-6 aggregated in terminal clusters. Receptacle flat, without scales. Involucral bracts in 1-2 rows, the inner scarious, longer than the florets, patent in fruit. Florets all tubular; female in 1 or more rows, filiform, the corolla entire; hermaphrodite few, in the

middle of the receptacle, the corolla widening upwards, 4-dentate. Achenes slightly compressed; pappus hairs plumose, deciduous.