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Teucrium polium · Lamiaceae · all Teucrium records · also called Teucrium polium · Wikipedia

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Form
shrub
Region
Spain
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 (12)
Corroboration (12 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

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

    • Primary study Saura2010: Saura-Mas, S., Paula, S., Pausas, J. G,. & Lloret, F. (2010). Fuel loading and flammability in the Mediterranean Basin woody species with different post-fire regenerative strategies. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 19, 783.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; sampling august.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; site Saura2010-1.

        • “temperature at flaming (°C): 532.67”

          FLAMITS record 12143.

        • “time to smoke (s): 87.8”

          FLAMITS record 12211.

        • “temperature at smoke (°C): 128.73”

          FLAMITS record 12248.

        • “time to smouldering (s): 162.8”

          FLAMITS record 12284.

        • “temperature at smouldering (°C): 238.6”

          FLAMITS record 12320.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; site Saura2010-2.

        • “temperature at flaming (°C): 595”

          FLAMITS record 12156.

        • “time to smoke (s): 51.6”

          FLAMITS record 12226.

        • “temperature at smoke (°C): 115.6”

          FLAMITS record 12263.

        • “time to smouldering (s): 133.4”

          FLAMITS record 12299.

        • “temperature at smouldering (°C): 270.4”

          FLAMITS record 12335.

      • “flaming duration (s): 132”

        FLAMITS record 12177; Sustainability measurement; site Saura2010-1.

      • “flaming duration (s): 344”

        FLAMITS record 12190; Sustainability measurement; site Saura2010-2.

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

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Teucrium polium (Teucrium polium). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/teucrium-polium/. Last verified 2026-08-25.