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sprawling wirevine (Muehlenbeckia axillaris)
Photo: (c) John Barkla, some rights reserved (CC BY) (CC BY), via iNaturalist. Species-typical, not necessarily this cultivar.

sprawling wirevine

Muehlenbeckia axillaris · Polygonaceae · all Muehlenbeckia records · also called Creeping pōhuehue, Creeping muehlenbeckia · Wikipedia

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Form
vine
Rated in
New Zealand
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

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

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in HI.

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.

Mid-scale / conditional (1)

Fire-resistant vines instead

Last verified 2026-08-23. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Muehlenbeckia axillaris (Creeping pōhuehue, Creeping muehlenbeckia). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/muehlenbeckia-axillaris/. Last verified 2026-08-23.