NameThatPlant.net: Clinopodium coccineum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Clinopodium coccineum FAMILY Lamiaceae Go to FSUS key

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INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clinopodium coccineum FAMILY Lamiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Scarlet Wild Basil, Scarlet Calamint, Red Mint Shrub, Red Basil

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Clinopodium coccineum FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clinopodium coccineum FAMILY Lamiaceae

231

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Uncommon

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Evergreen/Semi-evergreen
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Red
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped 5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring?
Schizocarp of mericarps

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