Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Magnoliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asimina parviflora
FAMILY
Annonaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Asimina from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asimina parviflora
FAMILY
Annonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 081-01-001:
Asimina parviflora
FAMILY
Annonaceae
COMMON NAME:
Small-flowered Pawpaw, Small-fruited Pawpaw, Dwarf Pawpaw
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_aspa18_004_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090321_235
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm110415_439
April Carroll County GA
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JK Marlow jkm110415_470
April Carroll County GA
Flowers 1-2cm wide, appearing before or with the leaves in early spring, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm130407_046
April Columbia County GA
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JK Marlow jkm220412_6707
April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmaarviflora_and
April Anderson County SC
Flies are the principal pollinators, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Ron Lance rwl141_a
June
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JK Marlow jkm0507o_06
July Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm140718_914
July Spartanburg County SC
Fruit a hard-pulpy berry, oblong, greenish-yellow, aromatic when mature, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm140817_820
August Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210903_3246
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s070920_d
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Leaves obovate, acuminate, entire, base cuneate, short-petiolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asimina parviflora
FAMILY
Annonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asimina parviflora
FAMILY
Annonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 081-01-001:
Asimina parviflora
FAMILY
Annonaceae
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Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Mountains)
Look for it in sandy or rocky, dry to fairly moist forests, 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
Alternate
Petioles 4-7mm long
FLOWER:
Spring
Purplish-brown, burgundy
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
6 petals (usually)
Many stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Greenish-yellow
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p310
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p062
- Landscaping with Native Trees p055
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p060
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p239
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p067