Lythraceae
Swamp loosestrife
Decodon verticillatus
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Genus
- Decodon
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Common names
By language (8)
- Cebuano
- Decodon
- Czech
- Desetizub přeslenitý
- Dutch
- Decodon
- English
- Swamp loosestrife
- German
- Quirlblättriger Wasserweiderich, Wasseroleander, Wasserweiderich
- Portuguese
- Decodon
- Spanish
- Decodon
- war
- Decodon
Synonyms
- Decodon aquaticus J.F.Gmel.
- Decodon verticillatus var. laevigatus Torr. & A.Gray
- Decodon verticillatus var. pubescens Torr. & A.Gray
- Decodon verticillatus var. verticillatus
- Lythrum verticillatum L.
- Nesaea verticillata Kunth
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Antepenultimate, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: USDA APHIS PPQ Archive, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Antepenultimate, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.