• Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Asimina obovata

flag pawpaw, bigflower pawpaw, scrub pawpaw

Nomenclature

Common Name:

flag pawpaw, bigflower pawpaw, scrub pawpaw

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Asimina obovata

Family:

Annonaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

shrub

Size:

to 10 ft

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white

Fruit Color:

green

Phenology:

Deciduous. Blooms late winter-early spring

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Interesting Foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Understory shrub.

Considerations:

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Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Not wet but not extremely dry -to- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Acidic

Suitable to Grow In:

8B,9A,9B

Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Larval host for zebra swallowtail ( Eurytides marcellus ) and pawpaw sphinx ( Dolba hyloeus ).





Pollinated by flies and beetles.

Small mammals and birds harvest the fruit.

Native Habitats:

Dry hammocks, dry hardwood forests, sandhill, clayhill, scrub

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

Edible fruit.

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