Salvia hispanica
Chia
Introduced to Hawaiʻi
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4
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
2017
First collected
2021
Last collected
2021
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Salvia hispanica, most mentions first.
2025
Imada, C.T., Faccenda, K., Thomas, M.K., Gallaher, T., Oppenhemier, H., Kennedy, B. & Kalei, A. (eds.) Hawaiian native & naturalized vascular plants checklist (2025 update). 780 pp. [published online 6 November 2025]· Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2022
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2022: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Two centuries of collecting
2010s2020s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 2017 by Lorence, D.H. (Kauaʻi).
From the collection
Alive today
1 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
