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Clinopodium coccineum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Clinopodium
Species:	C. coccineum
Binomial name
Clinopodium coccineum (Nutt. ex Hook.) Kuntze
Synonyms
Calamintha coccinea Clinopodium macrocalyx Cunila coccinea Melissa coccinea Rafinesquia coccinea Satureja coccinea Satureja macrocalyx

Clinopodium coccineum, commonly known as scarlet calamint or red basil, is a evergreen perennial plant of the family Lamiaceae.

It is indigenous to the coastal areas of south-eastern United States and is found in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi. C. coccineum is a woody perennial, which grows to a height of 12–35 in (30–90 cm). It produces reddish-orange tubular labiate flowers. It has simple obovate leaves, with dentate margins. The leaves have a glandular (downy) surface and are opposite.

References

1. "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center – The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org.
2. "Calamintha coccinea – Species Details". Atlas of Florida Plants.
3. "USDA Plants Database".
4. Sciences, College of (June 7, 2017). "Scarlet Calamint (Calamintha coccinea)".
5. "Hortipedia – Clinopodium coccineum".
6. "Hortus Camdenensis | Calamintha coccinea (Nutt. ex Hook.) Benth". hortuscamden.com.

• Clinopodium
• Flora of Alabama
• Flora of Georgia (U.S. state)
• Flora of Florida
• Plants described in 1825