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Black-anther flax-lily has favorable fire-retardant recommendations, with a specific limit in the Australian Plants Society Victoria definition.
The society places Dianella revoluta in the category for plants that resist the first flame wave but may burn after drying. That is different from its stronger category for plants described as withstanding continued flame. The favorable designation therefore carries a drying qualification rather than promising immunity to fire.
Ozbreed documents five named Dianella revoluta cultivars in its second plant list, drawing on the genus and species appearing repeatedly in fire-retardant lists. Their placement there is a compilation result, not evidence that those five cultivars underwent the direct testing described elsewhere in the publication. Canberra's government plant selector separately marks Dianella revoluta “Fire Retardant: Yes.”
The three sources recommend Dianella revoluta through fire-retardant plant selection, supporting a favorable answer on limited primary evidence. The society's definition keeps resistance to the first flame wave separate from the possibility of burning after drying.
Form
shrub
Region
Victoria, Australia
Rated in
Australia; 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.
Australia; 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 19 [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.
