Asimina parviflora
Asimina longifolia
dwarf pawpaw, small-flower pawpaw, small-fruit pawpaw
polecat-bush, slimleaf pawpaw
spreading-ascending, slender;
new shoots red-brown, distally minutely reddish tomentose.
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.
blade ascending-spreading, upswept, linear-elliptic to narrowly spatulate or linear-oblanceolate, 5-15(-20) cm, leathery, base broadly to narrowly cuneate or attenuate, margins obscurely to very revolute, apex acute to obtuse, rounded, or rarely notched;
surfaces abaxially glabrate, raised-reticulate, adaxially glabrate.
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.
from axils along new shoots, solitary flowers;
peduncle slender, 2-4 cm, glabrate;
bracteoles 1-2, often suprabasal, lance-linear, to 10 mm, hairy.
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.
nodding, fragrant;
perianth 3(-6)-merous;
sepals elliptic to ovate, 0.5-1 cm, glabrescent;
outer petals spreading, white or cream, rarely pink or striped with red or pink, elliptic, oblong, or obovate, 3-8 cm, abaxially glabrate;
inner petals erect, maroon to cherry red or white, oblong to lanceolate, to 1/2 length of outer petals, base broad, saccate, corrugate zone adaxially purple, apex spreading;
pistils 2-7(-12).
greenish yellow, 3-6(-7) cm.
yellow-green, 4-10 cm.
chestnut brown, 1-1.5(-2) cm.
dark brown, lustrous, 1-2 cm.
, 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.
=18.
=18.
Asimina parviflora
Asimina longifolia
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.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Leaf blade linear-elliptic to linear-oblanceolate, apex acute to obtuse (rarely notched or rounded), broadest near middle, margins revolute; new growth mostly straight, ascending or nearly erect; foliage, flowers, and new shoots minutely tomentose when young; outer petals sparsely hairy abaxially; Florida, Georgia. | var. longifolia |
1. Leaf blade linear-spatulate to spatulate, apex obtuse, rounded, or notched, rarely broadly acute, broadest distally, margins slightly revolute; new growth arching to almost decumbent; foliage, flowers, and new shoots glabrous or sparsely short-hairy when young; Florida, Georgia, Alabama. | var. spatulata |
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