Family: Lamiaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Native elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Able to grow in tropical climates
  
• Possibly naturalized in New Zealand and Chile (confirmation needed)
  
• Regarded as an aggressive garden weed in some locations
  
• Other Salvia species are invasive
  
• Possibly unpalatable to browsing/grazing animals (may increase competitive ability in natural environment)
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Reproduces by seeds and vegetatively running rootstock
  
• Able to reach maturity in 1 year
  
• Seeds dispersed by gravity and intentionally by people
  
• Able resprout after cutting

Low Risk Traits:

• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Provides fodder for livestock (palatable despite reports of toxicity
  
• Ornamental
  
• Bird-pollinated (may limit seed set in environments lacking appropriate pollinators)