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Helichrysum italicum · Asteraceae · all Helichrysum records · also called Helichrysum italicum · Wikipedia

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Form
shrub
Region
Italy
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 (5)
Corroboration (5 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

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

    • Primary study Pellizzaro2007a: Pellizzaro, G., Duce, P., Ventura, A., & Zara, P. (2007). Seasonal variations of live moisture content and ignitability in shrubs of the Mediterranean Basin. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 16, 633-641.

      Shared row context: Ignitability measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Pellizzaro2007a-1; sampling october.

      • “time to flaming (s): 33”

        FLAMITS record 10439.

      • “time to flaming (s): 13”

        FLAMITS record 10440.

    • Primary study Pellizzaro2007c: Pellizaro, G., Cesaraccio, C., Duce, P., Ventura, A., & Zara, P. (2007). Weather seasonality and pattern of thermochemical properties in vegetation living in the mediterranean basin. Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology. Bar Harbor, Maine,USA.

      Shared row context: Combustibility measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Pellizzaro2007c-1; sampling october 2003 and october 2004.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4708.4182”

        FLAMITS record 16743.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4660.617”

        FLAMITS record 16744.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4732.3188”

        FLAMITS record 16745.

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Helichrysum italicum (Helichrysum italicum). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/helichrysum-italicum/. Last verified 2026-08-25.