Clinopodium coccineum (Nuttall ex Hooker) Kuntze. clade: SMC. Common name: Scarlet Calamint, Scarlet Wild Basil, Red Mint Shrub. Phenology: Apr-May. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and pine flatwoods. Distribution: E. GA south to c. peninsular FL, west to s. MS.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = S; < Calamintha coccinea (Nutt. ex Hook.) Benth. — Fl6, WH3, Shinners (1962a); < Clinopodium coccineum (Nutt. ex Hook.) Kuntze — K4, Cantino & Wagstaff (1998); < Satureja coccinea (Nutt. ex Hook.) Bertolini; Cunila coccinea Nuttall ex Hooker. Basionym: Cunila coccinea Nutt. ex Hook. 1825
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Evergreen, somewhat shrubby erect-ascending perennial of sandhills and flatwoods
Stems: Stems wiry, vaguely 4-angled, loosely branched and hairy; older stems may have shredding bark.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, elliptic, to 3/4 in. long, with slightly rolled margins, gland-dotted, and mildly spicy-aromatic when crushed.
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Flowers: Flowers on long, leaning terminal racemes, often favoring one side of the stalk; each flower red (rarely yellow), 1-2 in. long, tubular and split into 2 flaring lips, the upper one notched at the tip and the lower 3-lobed and speckled with darker red; 4 anthers are usually visible.
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Height: 2-4 ft.
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description: Evergreen, somewhat shrubby erect-ascending perennial of sandhills and flatwoods
stems: Stems wiry, vaguely 4-angled, loosely branched and hairy; older stems may have shredding bark.
leaves: Leaves opposite, elliptic, to 3/4 in. long, with slightly rolled margins, gland-dotted, and mildly spicy-aromatic when crushed.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers on long, leaning terminal racemes, often favoring one side of the stalk; each flower red (rarely yellow), 1-2 in. long, tubular and split into 2 flaring lips, the upper one notched at the tip and the lower 3-lobed and speckled with darker red; 4 anthers are usually visible.
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native range: GA, FL, AL & MS
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