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Euphorbia potentilloides

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Form
perennial
Region
Brazil
Rated in
Global
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global

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.

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 without a rating (16)
Corroboration (16 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

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

    • Primary study Zanzarini2022: Zanzarini, V., Andersen, A. N., & Fidelis, A. (2022). Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado. Biotropica, 54, 979-987.

      Shared row context: plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2022-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 19.8”

          FLAMITS record 15381.

        • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 90.72”

          FLAMITS record 15385.

        • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 90.72”

          FLAMITS record 15389.

        • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 88.8”

          FLAMITS record 15393.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.2”

          FLAMITS record 15382.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.844”

          FLAMITS record 15386.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.82”

          FLAMITS record 15390.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.43”

          FLAMITS record 15394.

      • Shared measurement context: Consumability measurement.

        • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 0.4”

          FLAMITS record 15383.

        • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 34”

          FLAMITS record 15387.

        • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 34”

          FLAMITS record 15391.

        • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 1”

          FLAMITS record 15395.

      • Shared measurement context: Integrated measurement.

        • “flammability index: 0.108723903”

          FLAMITS record 15384.

        • “flammability index: 0.793795798”

          FLAMITS record 15388.

        • “flammability index: 0.785162704”

          FLAMITS record 15392.

        • “flammability index: 0.311696127”

          FLAMITS record 15396.

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Last verified 2026-08-25. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Euphorbia potentilloides (Euphorbia potentilloides). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/euphorbia-potentilloides/. Last verified 2026-08-25.