title: Lasiospermum
text: # Lasiospermum
  
  Lasiospermum (cocoonhead) is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Lasiospermum bipinnatum (Thunb.) Druce - Lesotho; introduced in Australia, California
  * Lasiospermum brachyglossum DC. - Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Palestine
  * Lasiospermum pedunculare Lag. - South Africa
  * Lasiospermum poterioides Hutch. - South Africa
  
  ## Species in homonymic genus
  
  Species included in Lasiospermum Fisch. 1812, now assigned to Lasiospora and Scorzonera
  
  * Lasiospermum angustifolium Fisch. - Scorzonera biebersteinii Lipsch.
  * Lasiospermum ensifolium (M.Bieb.) Fisch. - Scorzonera ensifolia M.Bieb.
  * Lasiospermum hirtum Fisch. - Lasiospora hirsuta (Gouan) Cass.
  