Celmisia pugioniformis

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Celmisia pugioniformis.jpg

| image_caption = Celmisia pugioniformis
Alpine National Park, Victoria

| taxon = Celmisia pugioniformis

| authority = M.Gray & Given

| synonyms = Celmisia sp. C sensu Brown

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Celmisia pugioniformis, commonly known as slender snow-daisy, is a species of perennial herb in the family Asteraceae.{{cite book |title=Wild Plants of Victoria (database)|year=2009 |publisher=Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment}} It is native to south-eastern Australia. Leaves are 10 to 20 cm long and 2 to 6 mm wide, with an olive green or grey green upper surface. The daisy-like flowerheads, which are 6 to 8 cm in diameter, appear between December and February in the species native range.{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Celmisia~pugioniformis |title=Celmisia pugioniformis |access-date=20 January 2013 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}} The species was formally described in 1992 in the Flora of New South Wales.{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Celmisia+pugioniformis|title=Celmisia pugioniformis |access-date=20 January 2013|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}} Prior to 1992, plants had been included under the name Celmisia asteliifolia.

The species occurs in heaths, herbfields and bogs in alpine and subalpine areas in New South Wales and Victoria. Associated species include Eucalyptus niphophila, Olearia phlogopappa, Acrothamnus hookeri, Hovea sp. and Poa sp.{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&photo=31&file=50/979/NSW623525.jpg |title=Celmisia pugioniformis (Herbarium sheet)|access-date=20 January 2013 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}}