[2][3][4][5] Scarlet beeblossom is a perennial herb growing from a woody base and heavy roots.

The stems may reach anywhere from 10 centimeters in height to over a meter and sprawling, and they are often covered in small, stiff hairs.

The thin to thick clumps of stems are covered in linear to somewhat oval-shaped leaves one to seven centimeters long.

[7] Scarlet beeblossom is occasionally grown in wildflower gardens for the resemblance of its flowers to butterflies and the pleaseant scent they produce when blooming.

However, some like the author Claude A. Barr dislike that it spreads by deep rhizomes making it difficult to control in a garden setting.