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Asteraceae

White sunbonnets

Chaptalia albicans (Sw.) Vent. ex B.D.Jacks.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Chaptalia

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Common names

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English
White sunbonnets

Synonyms

  • Chaptalia crispula Greene
  • Chaptalia fallax Greene
  • Chaptalia integrifolia var. leiocarpa (DC.) Baker
  • Chaptalia leiocarpa (DC.) Urb.
  • Chaptalia nutans var. leiocarpa Hitchc.
  • Chaptalia nutans var. leiocarpa (DC.) Griseb.
  • Chaptalia obovata C.Wright
  • Gerbera albicans Sch.Bip.
  • Gerbera leiocarpa Sch.Bip.
  • Gerbera leiocarpa Schltr.
  • Leontodon tomentosus L.f.
  • Leria albicans (Sw.) DC.
  • Leria albicans (Sw.) DC.
  • Leria leiocarpa DC.
  • Leria nutans var. leiocarpa Griseb.
  • Thyrsanthema tomentosum (L.f.) Kuntze
  • Tussilago albicans Sw.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.