Asimina obovata
flag pawpaw, bigflower pawpaw, scrub pawpaw
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:
Difficult to transplant because of long taproot.
Light:
Full Sun, Part Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
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
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
