Family: Lamiaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Broad climate suitability
- Able to grow and naturalize in regions with tropical climates
- Naturalized in a number of introduced locations; showing signs of naturalization on Maui (Hawaiian Islands)
- Reported to be weedy, but negative impacts are generally not documented
- Other Salvia species are weedy and/or invasive
- Tolerates many soil types
- Reproduces through prolific seed production
- Self-pollinated
- An annual, reaching maturity in under one year
- Seeds dispersed by gravity, people, possibly as a contaminant, and potentially by adhering to dispersal vectors
- Seeds may form a persistent seed bank (longevity to be determined)
Low Risk Traits:
- A domesticated and widely cultivated species with no negative impacts reported from introduce range
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
- Provides fodder for livestock
- Non-toxic
- Thrives in full sun (dense shade may inhibit ability to establish or spread)
- Not reported to hybridize
- Not reported to spread vegetatively
- Chemical and mechanical control methods are effective if needed