Salvia columbariae (Chia)

4/27/01 Black Canyon Road north of Mid Hills, 

abundant along with Goodding's Verbena in Pinyon-Juniper woodland, 

Mojave National Preserve, San Bernardino County, CA 

3/4/17  Shaver's Valley, E. Riverside County, CA

3/15/19 Shaver's Valley

5/10/03 One-mile loop trail, Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area, 

San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA 

5/18/01 Eaton Canyon Trail, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA 

4/3/11 Shaver's Valley, Riverside County, CA 

 4/3/11 Shaver's Valley, Riverside County, CA

4/9/05 Gabrielino Trail, JPL to Oakwilde, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA 

3/13/05 Pipes Canyon Road, Yucca Valley, San Bernardino County, CA

4/8/01 Eaton Canyon Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

3/1/19 Walker Canyon Trail, Temescal Mountains,
Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, CA

3/23/19 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Chia

SPECIES: Salvia columbariae

FAMILY: Lamiaceae (Mint Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/8/2001

LOCATION: Eaton Canyon Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Annual, 1–5 dm; hairs generally sparse, short

Leaves basal, 2–10 cm, oblong-ovate, 1–2-pinnately dissected; lobes irregularly rounded, minutely bristly

Inflorescence ± scapose; clusters generally 1–2 per flower stem; bracts < ± 1 cm, ± round, awn-tipped

Flower: calyx 8–10 mm, purple-tipped, upper lip unlobed but 2(3)-awned; corolla tube 6–8 mm, pale to deep blue, upper lip entire to shallowly 2-lobed, 2–3 mm, lower lip ± 2 X upper; stamens and style exerted

Fruit: nutlet, 1.5–2 mm, tan to gray

Ecology: Common. Dry, disturbed sites, chaparral, coastal-sage scrub

Elevation: generally < 1200 m.  

Bioregional distribution: California (except Klamath Ranges, Cascade Range, n Sierra Nevada) 

Distribution outside California: to Utah, Arizona

Flowering time: Mar–Jun

Horticultural information: DRN, SUN, DRY: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.