Lamiaceae
Chia
Salvia hispanica
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
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Common names
By language (49)
- Albanian
- Si kultivoet
- Amharic
- Damakase
- Arabic
- قصعين إسباني, شندقوره
- arz
- قصعين اسبانى
- Asturian
- Chía
- bik
- Tsiya
- Cantonese
- 野鼠尾草
- Catalan
- Xia
- cbk
- Chía
- Cebuano
- Tsiya
- Chinese
- 奇佳子, 西班牙鼠尾草
- Czech
- Chia, Šalvej hispánská
- Dutch
- Chia
- English
- Chia, Chia sage, Spanish sage, Chía
- Estonian
- Õlisalvei
- Filipino
- Tsiya
- Finnish
- Chiasalvia
- French
- Chia
- Galician
- Chía
- German
- Mexikanische Chia, Chia
- Greek
- Σάλβια η ισπανική, Σπόροι κία, Σπόροι τσία
- Gujarati
- ચીયા
- Hebrew
- מרווה היספאנית, צ'יה
- Hindi
- चिया
- Hungarian
- Chía
- Iloko
- Tsia
- Japanese
- チア
- Kannada
- ಚೀಯಾ
- Korean
- 치아
- krj
- Tsiya
- Lithuanian
- Ispaninis šalavijas
- Malayalam
- സാൽവിയ ഹിസ്പാനിക്ക
- nah
- Chiyan
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Chiafrø
- Oromo
- Yeroo, hancabbii, ajaa'ee
- pam
- Tsía
- Persian
- تخم شربتی
- Polish
- Szałwia hiszpańska, Chia
- Portuguese
- Semente de chia, Chia
- Russian
- Чиа, Chia blanco, Chiantzozolli, Чиа белая, Шалфей испанский
- Slovak
- Šalvia španielska
- Slovenian
- Oljna kadulja, Čia
- Spanish
- Chia planta, Chía planta
- Sundanese
- Cuing
- Swedish
- Mexikansk chiasalvia, Chiafrön
- Tamil
- Chia
- Thai
- ชีอา
- Turkish
- Chia
- war
- Tsiya
Synonyms
- Kiosmina hispanica (L.) Raf.
- Salvia chia Colla
- Salvia chia Sessé & Moc.
- Salvia hispanica var. chionocalyx Fernald
- Salvia hispanica var. intonsa Fernald
- Salvia neohispanica Briq.
- Salvia prysmatica Cav.
- Salvia schiedeana Stapf
- Salvia tetragona Moench
Flowers
- In flower
- October to December (from 409 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Manuel Venegas Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eiku en exil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Henry Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.