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Austral Bugle is named by the fire-resistant plant source, Fire Resistant and Retardant Plants. The reference establishes the selected lineage recorded in the source table.
Evidence for Ajuga australis remains limited evidence. The extent of that coverage can be checked in the current citations, rather than enlarged through assumptions about conditions the pack does not state.
The plant is also on-list in the compiled recommendations. That conclusion is tied to its listing source, preserving a separate trail for the recommendation and the named fire-resistant plant reference.
Form
shrub
Region
Victoria, Australia
Rated in
Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Victoria, Australia
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Victoria, Australia
Maintenance
2. Why this plant is relevant here
State distribution
Native range
Introduced / established
USDA hardiness
3. Legal, ecological, and broader status
Legal-list status
Seed-list status
Reported invasive here
Broader regional context
Federal context
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.
Where its sources say to plant it
Placement rules below use each source's own distances or named zones, tied to its rating.
They are not interchangeable with the directory's current Zone 0 guidance.
Canberra Plant Selector: filtered result page 1 [canberra-selector] (with its recommendation)
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.
