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swamp loosestrife

Decodon verticillatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 94, February 97, March 153, April 300, May 576, June 270, July 203, August 427, September 211, October 158, November 99, December 88.
United States9,858
Canada2,732
Ontario2,415
New York1,873
Massachusetts1,182
Michigan761
New Jersey746
Ohio584
Virginia573
Maryland472

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordermyrtles, evening primroses, and allies · Myrtales
Familylythrum family · Lythraceae
Genusswamp loosestrifes · Decodon

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