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Daffodil has been rated fire resistant, but the published assessments do not yet support a firm overall verdict.
Daffodil needs more research, according to FireSmart BC, whose chart also designates it a “FireSmart-approved fire-resistant plant”. Its chart is a compiled guide that assigns plants either a Home Ignition Zone suitability or a research flag. The ACT Government’s live plant selector gives Narcissus species a positive “Fire Retardant” rating. That selector is also a compiled classification tool, using a Yes or No attribute rather than reporting a measured flammability value.
The two sources therefore lean toward using daffodils in fire-conscious planting, but the British Columbia research flag keeps that agreement from being conclusive. The labels also answer somewhat different practical questions: one concerns suitability within home ignition zones, while the other identifies plants selected as fire retardant.
Daffodil, or Narcissus sp., is a perennial in the Amaryllidaceae family. For a homeowner, the fairest reading is that it looks promising as a fire-resistant choice, especially because both institutions give it a positive label, but its status remains provisional until the research concern is resolved.
Form
perennial
Rated in
Australian Capital Territory, Australia; British Columbia
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Australian Capital Territory, Australia; British Columbia
Maintenance
2. Why this plant is relevant here
State distribution
Documented in WA, OR, ID.
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 5 [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.
