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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Salvia
tiliifolia, commonly known as Lindenleaf Sage, or Tarahumara chia, is an
herbaceous Lamiaceae annual up to 1 metre tall with a wide distribution.
The plant is a native of Central America and has proliferated as an
agrestal in many countries. 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. 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.
