Pronunciation: SAL-vee-a kol-um-BAR-ee-ee
Common name: Chia
Family: Lamiaceae (Mint)
Habitat: Dry disturbed places below 4000', sometimes
higher, chaparral, coastal sage scrub, creosote bush
scrub, inner Coast Ranges
Blooming period: March to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Salvia
2) columbariae