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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen
| name = Salvia columbariae
| image = Salvia columbariae 2003-04-11.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| phylum = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Salvia]]''
| species = '''''S. columbariae'''''
| binomial = '''''Salvia columbariae'''''
| binomial_authority = [[George Bentham|Benth.]]
}}
'''''Salvia columbariae''''' is an [[annual plant]] of the [[Lamiaceae]] that grows in [[California]], [[Nevada]], [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]], [[Sonora]], and [[Baja California]]. It is often called "golden chia", because its seeds are used in the same manner as [[Salvia hispanica|chia]]. It was an important food for [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], although ''[[Salvia hispanica|S. hispanica]]'' is often substituted in modern practice. Its [[Tongva]] name is ''pashí''.
== Morphology and Taxonomy ==
''Salvia columbariae'' is an annual plant that grows 10 to 50 cm. Its stem hairs are generally short and sparse in distribution. It has oblong-ovate basal leaves that are 2 to 10 cm long. The leaves themselves are pinnately dissected and the lobes are rounded irregularly. The inflorescence is more or less scapose, meaning it has a long peduncle that comes from the ground level that has bracts. The bracts are round and awn-tipped. There are usually 1-2 cluster of flowers within the inflorescence. The calyx is 8 to 10 mm long and the upper lip is unlobed but has 2 (sometimes 3) awns. The lower lip is about twice the size of the upper lip. The flower color can be pale blue to blue and purple tipped. The stamens of the plant are slightly exserted. The fruit of ''S. columbariae'' is a nutlet that is tan to grey in color and 1.5 to 2 mm in length.
== Ecology ==
''Salvia columbariae'' can be founded in dry disturbed sites, [[chaparral]], and [[coastal-sage scrub]].
It generally grows at elevations less than 1200 meters. In cultivation, it needs good drainage, sun, and dry weather to grow to its fullest potential.
== Sources ==
*Hickman, James C. ''The Jepson Manual Higher Plants of California''. University of California Press, Berkeley Los Angeles London. (1993).
*USDA Natuaral resources Conservation Service. [web application]. 2006. Available: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SACO6/. (Accessed: May, 25 2006)
{{commons|Salvia columbariae}}
[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]
[[Category:Flora of Baja California]]
[[Category:Flora of the Mojave Desert]]
[[Category:Flora of the Sonoran Desert]]
[[Category:Flora of Arizona]]
[[Category:Flora of New Mexico]]
[[Category:Flora of Nevada]]
[[Category:Flora of Sonora]]
| name = Salvia columbariae
| image = Salvia columbariae 2003-04-11.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| phylum = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Salvia]]''
| species = '''''S. columbariae'''''
| binomial = '''''Salvia columbariae'''''
| binomial_authority = [[George Bentham|Benth.]]
}}
'''''Salvia columbariae''''' is an [[annual plant]] of the [[Lamiaceae]] that grows in [[California]], [[Nevada]], [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]], [[Sonora]], and [[Baja California]]. It is often called "golden chia", because its seeds are used in the same manner as [[Salvia hispanica|chia]]. It was an important food for [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], although ''[[Salvia hispanica|S. hispanica]]'' is often substituted in modern practice. Its [[Tongva]] name is ''pashí''.
== Morphology and Taxonomy ==
''Salvia columbariae'' is an annual plant that grows 10 to 50 cm. Its stem hairs are generally short and sparse in distribution. It has oblong-ovate basal leaves that are 2 to 10 cm long. The leaves themselves are pinnately dissected and the lobes are rounded irregularly. The inflorescence is more or less scapose, meaning it has a long peduncle that comes from the ground level that has bracts. The bracts are round and awn-tipped. There are usually 1-2 cluster of flowers within the inflorescence. The calyx is 8 to 10 mm long and the upper lip is unlobed but has 2 (sometimes 3) awns. The lower lip is about twice the size of the upper lip. The flower color can be pale blue to blue and purple tipped. The stamens of the plant are slightly exserted. The fruit of ''S. columbariae'' is a nutlet that is tan to grey in color and 1.5 to 2 mm in length.
== Ecology ==
''Salvia columbariae'' can be founded in dry disturbed sites, [[chaparral]], and [[coastal-sage scrub]].
It generally grows at elevations less than 1200 meters. In cultivation, it needs good drainage, sun, and dry weather to grow to its fullest potential.
== Sources ==
*Hickman, James C. ''The Jepson Manual Higher Plants of California''. University of California Press, Berkeley Los Angeles London. (1993).
*USDA Natuaral resources Conservation Service. [web application]. 2006. Available: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SACO6/. (Accessed: May, 25 2006)
{{commons|Salvia columbariae}}
[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]
[[Category:Flora of Baja California]]
[[Category:Flora of the Mojave Desert]]
[[Category:Flora of the Sonoran Desert]]
[[Category:Flora of Arizona]]
[[Category:Flora of New Mexico]]
[[Category:Flora of Nevada]]
[[Category:Flora of Sonora]]