Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Asimina from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Magnoliales
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
COMMON NAME:
Small-flowered Pawpaw, Small-fruited Pawpaw, Dwarf Pawpaw
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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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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 s070920_d
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Leaves obovate, acuminate, entire, base cuneate, short-petiolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.