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vervain (Verbena spp.)
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vervain

Verbena spp. (accepted: Verbena) · Verbenaceae · all Verbena records · Wikipedia

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Vervain is anchored by the home-wildfire plant guide. The record also carries an avoid result and limited evidence in the cited rows. These selected facts belong to a genus-rank umbrella record rather than to every vervain species.

The evidence table preserves the lab lineage, support depth, and source rank without combining their jobs. Should the umbrella's avoid position alter the planting plan, related plants offers cited same-form alternatives. Their support stays on their own records instead of inheriting this source position. The limited evidence remains visible beside the selected guide.

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Form
perennial
Rated in
Dorset, United Kingdom; Georgetown, Texas
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Highly flammable — location does not change the cited classification.
Placement evidence
1 source placement record; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions
Dorset, United Kingdom; Georgetown, Texas
Typed publication scope: 1 scope across 1 cited fire source
  • Firewise Plant Guide · Official scoped edition
    • Sun City Texas, Georgetown (TX footprint); partial normalized coverage · 2015-01-14

      The guide is authored for the Sun City Texas community in Georgetown. FireApproved publishes 142 exact owners only as community-level context. It is an archived HOA exhibit with unknown rating lineage, not a current statewide Texas source or an independent Tier 1 determination.

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.

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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Corroboration (1 rows from 1 source)
  • Firewise Plant Guide — Sun City Texas Firewise Group · updated January 14, 2015 · original source Corroboration HOA exhibit lineage: unknown

    “low”

    The table rates Verbena — Verbena species low for flammability hazard, defined as the ease a plant can burn at high temperatures for a prolonged time.

Avoids (1)

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Verbena spp. (Vervain). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/verbena/. Last verified 2026-08-24.