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Shrubby Velvet-Bush (Lasiopetalum macrophyllum)
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Shrubby Velvet-Bush

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Form
shrub
Region
Australia; Victoria, Australia
Rated in
Global; Victoria, Australia
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global; Victoria, Australia

2. Why this plant is relevant here

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

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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.

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 (2 rows from 1 source)
  • FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

    2 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study Gill1996: Gill, M., & Moore, P. (1996). Ignitibility of leaves of Australian plants. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, CSIRO Plant Industry.

      Shared row context: Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; device muffle furnace; site Gill1996-1; sampling march to april.

      • “time to flaming (s): 12.95”

        FLAMITS record 3845; predrying no.

      • “time to flaming (s): 3.51”

        FLAMITS record 3894; predrying yes.

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Lasiopetalum macrophyllum (Shrubby Velvet-bush). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/lasiopetalum-macrophyllum/. Last verified 2026-08-23.