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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.
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).
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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Proportion of Hispanics and Latinos in each county of the United according to the United States Census in 2020.. National Hispanic Heritage Month (Spanish: Mes nacional de la herencia hispana) is annually observed from September 15 to October 15 in the United States for recognizing the contributions and influence of Hispanic culture to the nation's achievements, culture, and history.
La Montaña del Oso – a natural park located in the village of Yerbabuena, about 3200 meters above sea level. It is possible to take guided ecological walks, as well as camping. Chapel of Our Lady of Valvanera ( Capilla de Nuestra Señora de la Valvanera ) – located at the top of the western hill of Chía, and is visible almost from any ...
The Hispanic Society's 1930 north building (left) and sculptures Certificate of membership for Benito Pérez Galdós. The Hispanic Society of America operates a museum and reference library for the study of the arts and cultures of Spain and Portugal and their former colonies in Latin America, the Spanish East Indies, and Portuguese India.
The Spanish March and surrounding regions. The Spanish March or Hispanic March [1] was a march or military buffer zone established c. 795 by Charlemagne in the eastern Pyrenees and nearby areas, to protect the new territories of the Christian Carolingian Empire—the Duchy of Gascony, the Duchy of Aquitaine, and Septimania—from the Muslim Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba in al-Andalus.