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Karkalla (Carpobrotus rossii)
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Karkalla

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Karkalla is introduced by Fire Resistant and Retardant Plants, the accepted plant-list citation for Carpobrotus rossii. The record carries limited evidence in the evidence table, where its accepted rows compute to on-list.

The related plants section provides comparison with other cited groundcovers. Its genus page places rossii among other entries in Carpobrotus, without widening this one-record pack. That boundary keeps the karkalla listing and named source together; the evidence table is the direct route for examining the citation behind the computed direction inside the named rossii species account and nowhere beyond it.

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.
Placement evidence
1 source placement record; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions
Australian Capital Territory, Australia; 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.

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.

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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Corroboration (1 rows from 1 source)
  • Canberra Plant Selector — fire-retardant attribute — ACT Government / Everyday Climate Choices · live tool capture 2026-08-25 · original source Corroboration Compilation lineage: act-fire-retardant-plants-canberra

    “Fire Retardant — Yes — Carpobrotus rossii”

    The live Canberra Plant Selector marks “Carpobrotus rossii” as “Fire Retardant: Yes.”

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

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Carpobrotus rossii (Karkalla). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/carpobrotus-rossii/. Last verified 2026-08-23.