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Lavenders Lavandula

The rated Lavandula records split: 1 fire-resistant, 1 keep-away, 1 in documented conflict. These counts describe the cited records — 5 records carrying 68 evidence rows from 24 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.

Rated as a group: Lavender Lavandula Fire-resistant Majority — dissent on page 14 sources rate the genus as a whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never override a species record. ›

Keep away

1 species

Spanish lavender Keep away Lavandula stoechas Limited evidence · 39 sources genus-level claims ↑

Documented conflict

1 species

honest ties — treat conservatively near structures

French lavender Documented conflict Lavandula dentata Protecting your home from wildfire says low · The fire risk of the plant groupings with Cistus in the a… says high genus-level claims ↑

Awaiting evidence

2 species

About lavenders

Corpus context. Lavandula is the directory's #162 largest of 550 genus groups: 5 records carrying 68 evidence rows from 24 cited sources, recorded as shrub , hardy across USDA zones 4–8. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

More about Lavandula: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.

Where rated lavenders grow

Tagged as growing in 4 states.

An exact English lavender botanical plate is labeled with source-grounded leaf and pedunculate spike-like inflorescence characters. The portrait is not a complete lavender key and makes no flammability claim. — **FA Exhibit PORT-005.** Lavandula portrait: English lavender. After Köhler pl. 60 and Flora Iberica vol. XII. Public-domain plate. Identification only — no flammability claim. Confirm uncertain material with a regional key or a botanist. CC BY 4.0.

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