Chaptalia albicans explained

Chaptalia albicans, the white sunbonnet, is a plant species native to Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. It is known from Jamaica, Cuba, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, southern Florida (only in Miami-Dade County),^[1] the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Yucatán, Campeche and Chiapas.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Chaptalia albicans is a herb forming a rosette of leaves. Leaves are elliptical, with margins that are wavy or slightly toothed but not lobed. Flowering stalks up to 15 cm tall at flowering time, 40 cm when the fruits are mature. Heads erect, with ray flowers up to 0.3 mm across. Achenes are up to 12 mm long, with a thread-like beak 50-67% as long as the body of the achene, usually hairless.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Chaptalia BONAP (Biota of North America Project), Floristic Synthesis, Chaptalia albicans
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066329 Flora of North America
3. Davidse, G., M. Sousa-Peña, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2014. Asteraceae. 5(2). In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
4. Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576.
5. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12985699#page/3/mode/1up Nesom, G. L. 1995. Revision of Chaptalia (Asteraceae: Mutisieae) from North America and continental Central America. Phytologia 78: 153–188.
6. Simpson, B.B. 1978. Chaptalia. North American Flora II 10:3-7.