Lamiaceae
Chia
Salvia columbariae
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 刺头鼠尾草
- English
- Chia
- Malayalam
- ചിയ, ചിയ സേജ്, ഗോൾഡൻ ചിയ,ഡെസേർട്ട് ചിയ
Synonyms
- Pycnosphace columbariae (Benth.) Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Curtis Clark assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.