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myrtle-leaf milkwort

Polygala myrtifolia · Polygalaceae · also called Lechera del Cabo, ­ · Wikipedia

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Polygala myrtifolia cites on list recommendation. On polygala myrtifolia, limited evidence is the next polygala myrtifolia fact. The citations do not collapse — Polygala myrtifolia. on list does not replace limited evidence on polygala myrtifolia.

On polygala myrtifolia, Polygala myrtifolia also carries 1 ecological invasive for polygala myrtifolia.

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Form
shrub
Rated in
Catalonia, Spain
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Placement evidence
1 source placement record; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions
Catalonia, Spain

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in CA.
Introduced / established
1 sourced range or established record. This is not an invasive warning.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

Reported invasive here
1 ecological invasive report.
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.

Native and introduced range evidence

These are exact U.S. botanical-area records from the cited range source. Native and introduced describe biogeographic relationship, not fire performance or planting approval. Doubtful and extinct rows stay visible but do not count as current presence.

Current native

0

exact source areas

Current introduced

1

exact source area

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

1 introduced source area · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • California (CA)

The lossless worldwide derivative is retained once in the research corpus; object pages repeat only exact U.S. areas needed by the local lens. The JSON twin carries the same page assertions.

Where its sources say to plant it

Placement rules below use each source's own distances or named zones, tied to its rating. They are not interchangeable with the directory's current Zone 0 guidance.

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.

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

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Polygala myrtifolia (Lechera del Cabo, ­). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/polygala-myrtifolia/. Last verified 2026-08-25.