Lamiaceae
Scarlet calamint
Clinopodium coccineum
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Clinopodium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Scarlet calamint
Synonyms
- Calamintha coccinea (Nutt. ex Hook.) Benth.
- Clinopodium macrocalyx Small
- Cunila coccinea Nutt. ex Hook.
- Diodeilis coccinea (Nutt. ex Hook.) Raf.
- Gardoquia coccinea (Nutt. ex Hook.) Alexander
- Gardoquia hookeri Benth.
- Melissa coccinea (Nutt. ex Hook.) Spreng.
- Rafinesquia coccinea (Nutt. ex Hook.) Raf.
- Satureja coccinea (Nutt. ex Hook.) Bertol.
- Satureja macrocalyx (Small) Druce
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Teréz Pechová-Hurst, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.