Smallflower Pawpaw
Asimina parviflora
Smallflower pawpaw is a small understory pawpaw of Southeastern woods with maroon bell flowers and edible fruit, a zebra swallowtail host. Spreads modestly in dry to moist acidic shade and resists deer.
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–12 ft
- Spacing
- 2–6 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators, mammals, songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~12 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, NJ, SC, TX, VA