WorldFloraDB - Salvia columbariae

Characteristics

A herb which can grow each year from seed or keep growing from year to year. It grows 50-60 cm high. The flowers are blue. The leaves are hairy or woolly. The leaves are 10 cm long and divided into leaflets along the stalk. It produces pods full of tiny seeds.

Life form	annual
Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	entomogamy
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	0.5
Mature height (meter)	0.7
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color	-
Blooming months	-
Fruit color	-
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	-

Environment

It is a tropical and warm temperate plant. It needs well drained soil. It needs a sunny position. It suits hardiness zone 7.

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Dry open places below 1,200 metres.

Dry open places below 1200 metres.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Seeds used for chia drink. They are also used as a grain. They are roasted, ground into meal for baking for flat bread and porridge. The seeds are soaked in water then added to pancakes, waffles, biscuits and cakes. The leaves are occasionally used as a sage-like seasoning. The dried seeds heads can be brewed into a tea. Sprouted seeds can be used in salads and sandwiches.

Uses	beverage fiber food medicinal seasoning spice tea
Edible	fruits leaves seeds
Therapeutic use	Disinfectant (seed), Eye Medicine (seed), Febrifuge (seed), Strengthener (seed), Tea (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seeds.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	10 - 17
Germination temperacture (C°)	20 - 23
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	stratification
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-