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Salvia polystachia
Salvia polystachia, also spelt Salvia polystachya, is a herbaceous perennial native to central Mexico and south through Central America into Panama, typically growing at elevations from 5,000 to 10,000 feet in mild climates where there is some summer rain. It is one of the species used as chia and it is rarely seen in horticulture.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.51
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.369
Herbarius
1485 · p.52
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.52
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.49
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.259
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.140
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.87
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.125
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.277
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.310
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Salvia polystachia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1349529.