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|genus=Salvia
 
|genus=Salvia
 
|species=hispanica
 
|species=hispanica
|common_name=Chia
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|common_name=Chia, Mexican Chia
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|habit=herbaceous
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|habit_ref=Wikipedia
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|Max ht box=1
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|Max ht metric=m
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|height_ref=Wikipedia
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|lifespan=annual
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|life_ref=Wikipedia
 
|water=moist, moderate, dry
 
|water=moist, moderate, dry
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|features=flowers, edible
 
|flower_season=mid summer, late summer
 
|flower_season=mid summer, late summer
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|flowers=purple, white
 
|Temp Metric=°F
 
|Temp Metric=°F
 
|min_zone=9
 
|min_zone=9
 
|usda_ref=Plants for a future
 
|usda_ref=Plants for a future
 
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|image=Salviahispanicaseeds.jpg
 
|image=Salviahispanicaseeds.jpg
 
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'''''Salvia hispanica''''', commonly known as '''Chia''', is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the [[Mentha|mint]] family, [[Lamiaceae]], that is native to central and southern [[Mexico]] and [[Guatemala]].<ref name=&quot;GRIN&quot;/> The seeds are edible, and are also used for [[chia pet]] planters.
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'''''Salvia hispanica''''', commonly known as '''Chia''', is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the [[Mentha|mint]] family, [[Lamiaceae]], that is native to central and southern [[Mexico]] and [[Guatemala]].<ref name="GRIN"/> The seeds are edible, and are also used for [[chia pet]] planters.
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Chia is an [[annual plant|annual]] [[Herbaceous plant|herb]] growing to {{convert|1|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall, with [[Phyllotaxis|opposite]] [[leaf|leaves]] {{convert|4|-|8|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|3|-|5|cm|in|abbr=on}} broad. Its [[flower]]s are purple or white and are produced in numerous clusters in a [[Raceme|spike]] at the end of each stem.<ref name="Sahagun">Anderson, A.J.O. and Dibble, C.E. "An Ethnobiography of the Nahuatl", The [[Florentine Codex]], (translation of the work by Fr. [[Bernardino de Sahagún]]), Books 10-11, from the Period 1558-1569</ref>
    
==Cultivation==
 
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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*[[Plants for a Future]]
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*[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Salvia+hispanica Plants for a Future] is the source of some of the creative commons text in this article
 
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
 
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
 
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->