Salvia tiliifolia
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Salvia tiliifolia, commonly known as Lindenleaf Sage, or Tarahumara chia, is an herbaceous Lamiaceae annual that grows up to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall with a wide distribution.
The plant is a native of Central America and has spread in many countries, growing wild in cultivated fields. First described as Salvia tiliaefolia by the botanist Martin Henrichsen Vahl in 1794, Salvia tiliifolia has become naturalised in Mexico, the United States, Ethiopia (1980s), South Africa (1943) and is present in Australia.[1][dead link] Its foothold in Ethiopia resulted from its presence in grain distributed in a humanitarian aid program following prolonged droughts, after which the species spread rapidly, being strongly aromatic and eschewed by grazing and browsing animals.
Leaves are broadly ovate and petiolate, slightly pubescent, veins deeply recessed on the upper surface and exserted on the lower, with the margins finely and regularly crenate, bearing a strong resemblance to those of the Tilia or Linden tree. The inflorescence can be simple or paniculate with a hispid, ribbed calyx. Seeds are small and black.[2]
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