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Gray-leaf euryops is not clearly fire resistant: two authorities favor it, while a third rates it moderately flammable.
The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension lists gray-leaf euryops, under the name African bush daisy, among fire-resistant plants when irrigated and maintained. Its guidance also warns that fire-resistant does not mean fireproof. The ACT Government’s Canberra Plant Selector likewise marks Euryops pectinatus as fire retardant.
The Tasmania Fire Service reaches a more cautious conclusion, rating the shrub moderately flammable. On its three-group scale, that means gray-leaf euryops should be avoided within the Building Protection Zone, although it is not placed in the highest flammability group. This scale addresses where a plant is acceptable around a building, while the Arizona and Canberra sources classify it through favorable plant lists or attributes.
Taken together, two of three assessments support gray-leaf euryops as a fire-resistant or fire-retardant choice, but Tasmania’s rating prevents a simple yes. For this shrub in the aster family, the practical reading is conditional: irrigation and maintenance accompany the Arizona finding, and Tasmania advises against using it in the zone closest to a building.
Form
shrub
Region
Tasmania, Australia
Rated in
Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Tasmania, Australia; Yavapai County, Arizona
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Yavapai County (AZ footprint); partial normalized coverage · 2025-03-14
University of Arizona Cooperative Extension authors Bulletin 34 for Yavapai County. FireApproved publishes 198 exact source owners from its resistant and prone tables and keeps the county boundary visible. County publication scope is regional Arizona context, never statewide scope.
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.
Fire Resisting Garden Plants for the Urban Fringe and Rur…: should be avoided in the Building Protection Zone [Texas Building Protection Zone] (mid-scale rating)
Canberra Plant Selector: filtered result page 7 [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.
Listed as African bush daisy — Euryops pectinatus. The bulletin says fire-resistant plants tend to resist ignition when irrigated and maintained, while fire-prone plants may ignite readily and burn intensely.
