Object class: Botanical samples / Collection place: Owens Valley, Inyo County, California / Function: 8.1 Foods - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Plant specimens, accession number 1-26972, described as Samples of "Chia" plant.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed, accession number 1-26971, described as Chia" food seed. The main component of the specimen consists of nutlets of Salvia columbariae Benth., chia,Lamiaceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 5 seeds of Oenothera sp., evening primrose, Onagraceae; 2 seeds of Epilobium brachycarpum C. Presl., tall annual willowherb, Onagraceae; 2 seeds of Descurainia sp., tansy mustard, Brassicaceae; 1 seed of Phacelia sp., phacelia, Hydrophyllaceae; 1 seed of Collinsia sp., possibly Collinsia parviflora Douglas ex Lindl., maiden blue eyed Mary, Plantaginaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae and Veronicaceae)