Summary
Place of publication:
Labiat. gen. spec. 302. 1833
Verified:
07/24/1989
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31
- Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. 1982. Edible Horticultural Crops Academic Press.
- Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
- Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
- Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
- Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:777.
- Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
- Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California.
Common names
English
California chia – chia –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja California (Norte) | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja California Sur | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Utah | s. (Washington Co. & Kane Co.) |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California, Nevada (s.), Utah (s. (Washington Co. & Kane Co.))]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja California (Norte), Baja California Sur, Sonora]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | seeds made into meal fide Edible HC; Pl Book | Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. 1982. Edible Horticultural Crops Academic Press. |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=315102.
Accessed 24 May 2025.