Asimina parviflora

(Michaux) Dunal

Monogr. Anonac., 82, plate 9. 1817.

Common names: Small-flowered pawpaw small-fruited pawpaw dwarf pawpaw
Endemic
Basionym: Orchidocarpum parviflorum Michaux Fl. Bor.-Am. 1: 329. 1803
Synonyms: Porcelia parviflora (Michaux) Persoon Uvaria parviflora (Michaux) Torrey & A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Shrubs or low trees, to 6 m; trunks slender, at most to 10 cm diam. Branches spreading-ascending, slender; new shoots red-brown, distally minutely reddish tomentose. Leaves: petiole 5-10 mm. Leaf blade obovate to oblanceolate, 6-15(-20) cm, membranous, rarely leathery, base narrowly to broadly cuneate, margins barely revolute, apex acute to acuminate; surfaces abaxially minutely rusty-tomentose, aging hairy on veins only, adaxially puberulent on veins, aging glabrous. Inflorescences from previous year's shoots before or during new leaf emergence; peduncle 0.3-0.8 cm, tomentose, hairs red-brown to tan; bracteoles 1(-2), basal, usually ovate-triangular, rarely over 2-3 mm, hairy. Flowers maroon, rarely yellow, faintly fetid, 1-1.7 cm diam.; sepals triangular-deltate, 4-7 mm, abaxially rusty-tomentose; outer petals oblong to ovate, 1-1. 3cm, apex excurved, lingulate, surfaces abaxially minutely rusty-tomentose; inner petals ovate, ca. 1/2 length of outer petals, base saccate, apex strongly recurved, veins adaxially incised, corrugate nectary zone indistinct or absent; pistils 5-7. Berries greenish yellow, 3-6(-7) cm. Seeds chestnut brown, 1-1.5(-2) cm. 2n=18.


Phenology: Flowering early spring.
Habitat: Sands, sandy loams, or sandy alluvium of rich woods, alluvial terraces, and upland dry woods
Elevation: 0-700m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Asimina parviflora is primarily a miniature version of A. triloba in flower, shoot, and leaf; it reaches tree size only in the karst country of Florida. Peduncles at anthesis are often so short that flowers appear sessile. Pubescence is of a lighter red or brown than that of A. triloba. Putative hybrids between the two have been observed in northern Alabama.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Robert Kral +
(Michaux) Dunal +
Orchidocarpum parviflorum +
Small-flowered pawpaw +, small-fruited pawpaw +  and dwarf pawpaw +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
0-700m +
Sands, sandy loams, or sandy alluvium of rich woods, alluvial terraces, and upland dry woods +
Flowering early spring. +
Monogr. Anonac., +
Porcelia parviflora +  and Uvaria parviflora +
Asimina parviflora +
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