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Chia
Salvia columbariae
Salvia columbariae is an annual plant that is commonly called chia, chia sage, golden chia, or desert chia, because its seeds are used in the same manner as Salvia hispanica (chia). It grows in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, and Baja California, and was an important food for Native Americans. Some native names include pashí from Tongva and it'epeš from Ventureño.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.64
A Monograph of the Mycetozoa, being a descriptive catalogue of the species in the herbarium of the British Museum
Arthur Lister (1830-1908); plates by Gulielma Lister · 1894 · p.375
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.389
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.200
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.37
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.39
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.38
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.523
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.212
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.201
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.207
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.37
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53200.