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blue flax-lily (Dianella longifolia)
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blue flax-lily

Dianella longifolia · Asphodelaceae · all Dianella records · also called Pale Flax-lily · Wikipedia

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Dianella longifolia is anchored by Fire Resistant and Retardant Plants, its accepted plant-list citation. Its accepted pack is limited evidence in the evidence table, and the resulting direction is on-list.

The nearby comparisons remain under related plants. The genus page organizes other flax-lily records, but their evidence does not enlarge longifolia's source boundary. This structure keeps the citation, evidence limitation, and computed direction specific to the long-leaf entry; readers can return to the evidence table for the accepted source rather than treating genus membership as additional support within longifolia alone.

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 — Dianella longifolia”

    The live Canberra Plant Selector marks “Dianella longifolia” as “Fire Retardant: Yes.”

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

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Dianella longifolia (Pale Flax-lily). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/dianella-longifolia/. Last verified 2026-08-23.