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),[5] the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Yucatán, Campeche and Chiapas.

[6][7][8] Chaptalia albicans is a herb forming a rosette of leaves.

Leaves are elliptical, with margins that are wavy or slightly toothed but not lobed.

Heads erect, with ray flowers up to 0.3 mm across.