Classification
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Celmisia hieraciifolia var. gracilis Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 638, 967 (1961) – as Celmisia hieracifolia var. gracilis
Synonymy:
Type: New Zealand. South Island, Mt Hope, c. 6000 ft., Jan 1921, A. Wall s.n. (holotype CHR 76177)
 Description

Lamina ± 1·5–2.5 cm. × 2–4 mm.; linear to very narrow-obovate, subacute to obtuse on same plant; margins entire or nearly so. Scape slender, glandular-pubescent, up to c. 12 cm. long; capitula 2–3 cm. diam.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Data Deficient]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Saldivia, P. 2023: Nomenclature and typifications in Celmisia (Asteraceae: Astereae): The New Zealand endemic subgenera Caespitosae, Glandulosae, and Lignosae. Phytotaxa 591(1): 31–45.