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Gossamer Wattle (Acacia floribunda)
Photo: (c) Michael Berardozzi, some rights reserved (CC BY) (CC BY), via iNaturalist. Species-typical, not necessarily this cultivar.

Gossamer Wattle

Acacia floribunda · Fabaceae · all Acacia records · also called White Sallow-wattle · Wikipedia

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White Sallow-wattle remains on-list in the evidence table. Its selected lab lineage is Fire Resistant and Retardant Plants, and the record is limited evidence. That depth label stays visible beside the result instead of letting one named source appear broader than it is.

The cited rows remain the anchor for Acacia floribunda. The related plants section allows comparison, while the existing genus page separates other records for Acacia. Those routes do not change this species' source lineage, limited support, or computed on-list direction for this named species entry in the directory.

Form
shrub
Region
Australia; Victoria, Australia
Rated in
Global; Victoria, Australia
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global; Victoria, Australia

2. Why this plant is relevant here

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

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Listed without a rating (16)
Corroboration (16 rows from 1 source)
  • FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

    16 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study Miller2022: Miller, T. S., Filkov, A. I., & Penman, T. D. (2022). Improved laboratory method to test flammability metrics of live plants under dynamic conditions and future implications. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32, 277-295.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device radiant panel; site Miller2022-1; sampling may 2019.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to smoke (s): 16”

          FLAMITS record 16496.

        • “time to smoke (s): 347”

          FLAMITS record 16497.

        • “time to smoke (s): 3”

          FLAMITS record 16498.

        • “time to smoke (s): 308”

          FLAMITS record 16499.

        • “time to smouldering (s): 25”

          FLAMITS record 16512.

        • “time to smouldering (s): 480”

          FLAMITS record 16513.

        • “time to smouldering (s): 22”

          FLAMITS record 16514.

        • “time to smouldering (s): 319”

          FLAMITS record 16515.

        • “time to flaming (s): 85”

          FLAMITS record 16528.

        • “time to flaming (s): 589”

          FLAMITS record 16529.

        • “time to flaming (s): 36”

          FLAMITS record 16530.

        • “time to flaming (s): 319”

          FLAMITS record 16531.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “burning duration (s): 117”

          FLAMITS record 16544.

        • “burning duration (s): 600”

          FLAMITS record 16545.

        • “burning duration (s): 87”

          FLAMITS record 16546.

        • “burning duration (s): 393”

          FLAMITS record 16547.

Last verified 2026-08-23. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Acacia floribunda (White Sallow-wattle). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/acacia-floribunda/. Last verified 2026-08-23.