Decodon verticillatus

Classification	Dicots
Family	Lythraceae
Family (Traditional)	Lythraceae
Genus	Decodon
Species:	Decodon verticillatus (L.) Elliott
Common Name	Swamp Loosestrife; Water Willow;
Growth Habit	shrub
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: LC; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Mudflat; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Arrangement: whorled; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: Pink; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Placentation Type: Axillary; Placentation Type: Free Central; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 8; Stamen Number: 10
C value	7
Status	Native; AGCP (OBL), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[S3] KY[S3?] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Nesaea verticillata	Nesaea verticillata (L.) Kunth

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bath (KY), Fulton (KY), Henderson (KY), Larue (KY), Livingston (KY), Logan (KY), Monroe (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Rowan (KY), Blount (TN), Coffee (TN), Jefferson (TN), Knox (TN), Lake (TN), Obion (TN), Warren (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, HTTU, KNK, MEM, SWMT, TENN, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1970 - 2001

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0155360	Obion	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155356	Lake	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155363	White	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155344	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155355	Lake	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
APSC0010165	Fulton	Kentucky	22 Sep 1986	Milo Pyne	APSC Decodon verticillatus
UTM01029	Obion	Tennessee			UTM Decodon verticillatus
31234100529609	Rowan	Kentucky	01 Jul 1990	Ronald L. Jones 6492	EKY Decodon verticillatus
31973000016050	Bath	Kentucky			KNK Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155357	Lake	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155350	Jefferson	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
APSC0091331	Lake	Tennessee			APSC Decodon verticillatus
APSC0080967	Logan	Kentucky	10 Aug 1988	John Macgregor	APSC Decodon verticillatus
HTTU026741	Obion	Tennessee			HTTU Decodon verticillatus
HTTU024591	Lake	Tennessee			HTTU Decodon Verticillatus
HTTU024576	Lake	Tennessee			HTTU Decodon verticillatus
31234100529583	Henderson	Kentucky	09 Oct 1980	Richard H. Hannan 6000	EKY Decodon verticillatus
31234100733607	Muhlenberg	Kentucky	11 Oct 1978	Max E. Medley 422-78	EKY Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155354	Lake	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155347	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155348	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155353	Lake	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155352	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155358	Lake	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155361	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
APSC0091684		Tennessee			APSC Decodon verticillatus
HTTU024592	Lake	Tennessee			HTTU Decodon verticillatus
UTM01032	Obion	Tennessee			UTM Decodon verticillatus
UTM01031	Obion	Tennessee			UTM Decodon verticillatus
UTM01030	Obion	Tennessee			UTM Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155362	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
APSC0091685	Muhlenberg	Kentucky			APSC Decodon verticillatus
APSC0081930	Livingston	Kentucky	30 Jul 1970	Raymond Athey	APSC Decodon verticillatus
31234100529674	Lake	Tennessee	30 Sep 1995	Timothy J. Weckman 2114	EKY Decodon verticillatus
31234100733599	Larue	Kentucky	25 Jul 1986	M. Evans	EKY Decodon verticillatus
31234100529591	Monroe	Kentucky	22 Sep 2001	Gary W. Libby 25	EKY Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155346	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
MEM017537	Lake	Tennessee	01 Sep 1979	Vernon Bates 961	MEM Decodon verticillatus
31234100529658	Coffee	Tennessee	01 Jun 2001	Dwayne Estes 2394	EKY Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155359	Obion	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
APSC0107504	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Decodon verticillatus
APSC0107065	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Decodon verticillatus
APSC0045979	Obion	Tennessee			APSC Decodon verticillatus
31234100529666	Lake	Tennessee	24 Jul 1993	D. Collinsworth 90	EKY Decodon verticillatus
BEREA016451	Bath	Kentucky			BEREA Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155345	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155351	Jefferson	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155372	Livingston	Kentucky			TENN Decodon verticillatus
TENN-V-0155349	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Decodon verticillatus
APSC0107053	White	Tennessee			APSC Decodon verticillatus
SWMT02280		Tennessee		T.W.S.	SWMT Decodon verticillatus

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Decodon verticillatus

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