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Lycium chilense (Lycium chilense)
Photo: (c) Nicolas Olejnik, some rights reserved (CC BY) (CC BY), via iNaturalist. Species-typical, not necessarily this cultivar.

Lycium chilense

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Form
shrub
Rated in
Laguna Blanca National Park, Neuquén, Argentina
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions
1 condition stated in cited fire-evidence rows.
Evidence regions
Laguna Blanca National Park, Neuquén, Argentina

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.

Conditions in the fire evidence

These describe tested or rated plant material. They are not horticultural maintenance instructions.

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.

Mid-scale / conditional (1)

Fire-resistant shrubs instead

Last verified 2026-08-24. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Lycium chilense (Lycium chilense). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/lycium-chilense/. Last verified 2026-08-24.