Salvia's Homeland

[U_Wrang]

A satellite view courtesy of Google Earth:

[Paradoxic]

Thats pretty cool...you should zoom in and see if you can see a Salvia plot 

[SexyMattTheCat]

I thought it was extinct from its natural habitat?

[JustAnotherRegularGuy]

Where did you hear that? I am pretty sure it is still growing strong and some websites import their salvia leaves from Oaxaca directly.

JARG

[U_Wrang]

Here's an interesting article at Mr. Siebert's web site discussing the plant's distribution in it's native habitat:

http://www.sagewisdom.org/distribution.html

[JustAnotherRegularGuy]

I think I saw Jupe's garden in those pictures....haha!

JARG

[Paradoxic]

I thought it was extinct from its natural habitat?

Well Salvia is thought to be a cultigen, which means that it has not been found to exist in the wild. It has only been found to grow on what are clearly human tended plantations. This is why many people believe Salvia is some kind of hybrid species.