Verticordia decussata is a shrub that is endemic to the Northern Territory.
The description of the species was first published in Austrobaileya in 1977.
The shrub is able to regrow after bushfire.
The distribution range is within the Northern Territory and includes Kakadu. Verticordia decussata is associated with Micraira multinervia in sparse shrub communities and Calatrix species in open woodland.
The species is classified as being in the section, Verticordia sect. Tropica, along with two other outlying species of the otherwise West Australian genus; Verticordia cunninghamii and Verticordia verticillata.