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Chia seeds (/ tʃ iː ə / CHEE-ah) are the edible seeds of Salvia hispanica, a flowering plant in the mint family native to central and southern Mexico, [1] or of the related Salvia columbariae, Salvia polystachia, or Salvia tiliifolia. Chia seeds are oval and gray with black and white spots, having a diameter of around 2 millimetres (0.08 in).
Chia is an annual herb growing up to 1.75 metres (5 feet 9 inches) tall, with opposite leaves that are 4–8 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long and 3–5 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 –2 in) wide. Its flowers are purple or white and are produced in numerous clusters in a spike at the end of each stem.
Salvia columbariae is an annual plant that is commonly called chia, chia sage, golden chia, or desert chia, because its seeds are used in the same way as those of Salvia hispanica . It grows in California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora , and Baja California , [ 2 ] and was an important food for Native Americans .
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Chia Pets are American styled terracotta figurines used to sprout chia, where the chia sprouts grow within a couple of weeks to resemble the animal's fur or hair. [1] [2] Moistened chia seeds (Salvia hispanica) are applied to a grooved terracotta figurine. [2] The Chia Pet was marketed and popularized by Joseph Pedott. [3]
It is generally 1–1.5 m (3.3–4.9 ft) tall, occasionally up to 3 m (9.8 ft). Stems are hairy, and square in cross section. Leaves are oppositely arranged, 2–10 cm (0.79–3.94 in) long, with shallowly toothed margins, and emit a strong minty odor if crushed. Flowers are pink or purple, arranged in clusters of 1–5 in the upper leaf axils. [4]
Genista hispanica, the Spanish gorse, or anlaga, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to southern France and northern Spain. [2] It is suited for borders, wall and rock gardens, gravelly soils, and coastal situations.
Malva hispanica, the Spanish mallow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to the western Mediterranean. [1] Uniquely in its genus, Malva hispanica flowers possess a bilobed epicalyx , which is derived from an ancestral trimerous structure and represents a loss of the adaxial epicalyx lobe.