It is not native to Alabama, but there are somewhat decent chances that you could cultivate the plant where you live. I doubt it would grow in the wild on its own there, though. And it might not propagate in the wild even if you do manage to grow it. You could always grow one in a potter as a houseplant, though. =)
Yes, it is native to Oaxaca Mexico and is cultivated there predominantly by the Mazatec Indians. It is also commercially grown in Hawaii, though it is not native to any of the islands.
salvia divinorum isnt found in the wild anywhere. all the plants that are in circulation are clones taken from the gardens of mazatec shamans.
If it doesn't grow in the wild anywhere, where did it originate then? I figure, at the very least, it once WAS native to Oaxaca.
I wish it grew wild in Alabama. I heard somewhere that the reason it rarely produces seeds and just grows from cuttings and falling over is because the indians cultivated it so long it kind of adapted to it and didnt need seeds anymore, I dont know if this is true, but I heard this from somewhere I dont remember where.
Well, there are many other plants out there that propagate the exact same way, and there are even some other odd ways like grass, where the plant shoots out stems underground that grow new plants from there. But yeah, I wish it grew all over the place, haha!
A couple of my friends say they have seen salvia around my area and even said they have tripped off them. Im in southern Florida.
We have been growing Salvia for about three years now in Bali, Indonesia. We have a large piece of land were it grows on its own, no chemicals or fertilizers are used. All we do is harvest and plant cuttings. I can tell you that if grown in the right location (Bali, Indonesia) Salvia grows out of control, if a branch falls because of the weight of the flowers another plant will grow from that fallen branch. We have never gotten any seeds from our plants, they flower each year but never seed. I would say we have the closes thing to "Salvia growing in the wild" it started with four cuttings three years ago and now we have about one hectar of land filled with Salvia to give you an idea of how hardy and prolific Salvia is. We had Mark from MJB Botanicals test our Salvia for about 4.25 gm Salvinorin A to a KG of leaf, compared to an average of 2-3 gm of typical Mexican leaf. “Very good salvia if you ask me” Mark from MJB Botanicals.
Interesting. How many mg of salvinorin-A do you have in, say, a 5x or 6x extract then, on average? Also, nice name. Kratom is another interesting plant.
