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|genus=Salvia
|genus=Salvia
|species=hispanica
|species=hispanica
|common_name=Chia
|common_name=Chia, Mexican Chia
|habit=herbaceous
|habit_ref=Wikipedia
|Max ht box=1
|Max ht metric=m
|height_ref=Wikipedia
|lifespan=annual
|life_ref=Wikipedia
|water=moist, moderate, dry
|water=moist, moderate, dry
|features=flowers, edible
|flower_season=mid summer, late summer
|flower_season=mid summer, late summer
|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
|max_zone=12
|max_zone=12
|image=Salviahispanicaseeds.jpg
|image=Salviahispanicaseeds.jpg
|image_width=200
|image_width=200
}}
}}
'''''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.
'''''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.
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==
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*[[Plants for a Future]]
*[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
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