Celmisia tomentella

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Celmisia tomentella imported from iNaturalist photo 345279428 on 14 October 2024.jpg

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| taxon = Celmisia tomentella

| authority = M.Gray & Given

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• Celmisia sp. B sensu Brown
• Celmisia asteliifolia auct. non Hook.f.

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Celmisia tomentella is a species of perennial herb in the family Asteraceae. Leaves are 5 to 30 cm long and 5 to 15 mm wide, with a dark 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~tomentella |title=Celmisia tomentella |accessdate=2009-12-22 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}} The species was first formally described in 1999 in New species and a new combination in Australian Celmisia (Asteraceae-Astereae) published in Australian Systematic Botany.{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Celmisia+tomentella|title=Celmisia tomentalla |accessdate=2009-12-22 |work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}} It occurs in woodland, heath and bogs in subalpine areas including the Baw Baw plateau, the Bogong High Plains and Mount Buffalo in Victoria and northward into south-eastern New South Wales.{{cite web|title=Factsheet Celmisia tomentella|work=Grimwade Plant Collection|publisher=The University of Melbourne|url=http://www.botany.unimelb.edu.au/buffalo/Celmisia_tomentella.htm|accessdate=2009-12-22}}