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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Decodon verticillatus
FAMILY
Lythraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Water-oleander at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Decodon verticillatus
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-04-001:
Decodon verticillatus
FAMILY
Lythraceae
COMMON NAME:
Water-oleander, Water-willow, Swamp Loosestrife, Peatweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_deve_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_deve_004_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdverticill_ditchpond1
August? Aiken County SC
Leaves lanceolate, opposite or more often in whorls of 3 or 4, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdverticill_ditchpond2
August? Aiken County SC
Petals usually more than 10mm long; styles exserted to 20mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Decodon verticillatus
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Decodon verticillatus
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-04-001:
Decodon verticillatus
FAMILY
Lythraceae
2420
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Look for it in natural lakes, limesink ponds, peatlands, peaty swamps, not known in the Piedmont or Mountains of NC or SC, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite or whorls of 3
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink/ Purplish
Bisexual
5-toothed campanulate calyx, with 5 more secondary teeth
5 petals
10 stamens, of varying lengths
Superior ovary
Flowers in dense cymes in upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p099
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p104
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p146
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p128
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p282
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p286