Celmisia saxifraga is a reasonably common alpine and subalpine rosette herb. It is reasonably similar to C. asteliifolia, but the leaves of C. saxifraga tend to be much smaller (usually less than about 4cm long). It is also sometimes confused with Helichrysum pumilum, which has leaves of a similar size and shape, but leaves that are green and hairless above (and also does not have ray flowers - instead it has papery bracts [phyllaries] that resemble ray flowers)