Clinopodium coccineum, commonly known as scarlet calamint or red basil, is a evergreen perennial plant of the family Lamiaceae.[1]
It is indigenous to the coastal areas of south-eastern United States and is found in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi.[2] C. coccineum is a woody perennial, which grows to a height of . It produces reddish-orange tubular labiate flowers.[3] It has simple obovate leaves, with dentate margins.[4] The leaves have a glandular (downy) surface and are opposite.[5]