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Asimina parviflora
Also called Dwarf pawpaw, Small-Flower Pawpaw, Small Fruit Pawpaw
Smallflower pawpaw is a small shrub in the custard apple family, native to the southeastern United States from Texas to Virginia, usually growing one to three feet tall. It is a shrub rather than a tree, and it produces a small edible fruit.
Asimina parviflora, the smallflower pawpaw, is a small to medium shrub in the custard apple family.
A. parviflora hybridizes readily with A. triloba to form Asimina ×piedmontana.
It is native to the Southeastern United States, where it is found from Texas to Virginia. It is found most often in sandy areas, alluvial areas, and dry woods.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asimina parviflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
