Asimina reticulata |
Asimina incana |
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flag-pawpaw, netted pawpaw |
flag-pawpaw, polecat-bush, woolly pawpaw |
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Habit | Shrubs, to 1.5 m; crown much branched. | Shrubs, to 1.5 m. Branches copious, stiff; shoots red-brown or tan with dense, pale tomentum, maturing tomentose only distally. |
Shoots | red-brown to tan, distally red or pale-hairy, becoming gray-brown, distally glabrous or sparsely pale-hairy. |
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Leaves | blade oblong to elliptic or narrowly obovate, 5-8 cm, leathery, base abruptly and broadly cuneate or rounded, margins strongly to moderately revolute, apex acute to broadly rounded, occasionally notched; surfaces abaxially densely orange-hairy, becoming sparsely so on veins, adaxially sparsely orange-hairy, becoming glabrous and often glaucous. |
blade oblong to obovate, 5-8c m, leathery, base round to abruptly broadly cuneate, margins obscurely revolute, apex obtuse to rounded, often notched; surfaces abaxially and adaxially densely tomentose with pale blond or tan hairs, becoming moderately or weakly so. |
Inflorescences | on previous year's growth; peduncle slender, 2-3.5 cm, tomentose; bracteoles 1-2, basal, usually ovate-triangular, rarely more than 2-3 mm, hairy. |
from previous year's growth; peduncle 2-3.5 cm, pale-tomentous; bracteoles 1-2, basal, usually ovate-triangular, rarely more than 2-3 mm, hairy. |
Flowers | 1-3 per node, fragrant, large; sepals triangular, 8-10 mm, abaxially orange-puberulent; outer petals spreading, white or cream, narrowly oblong to obovate, 2.5-6 cm, abaxially puberulent on veins; inner petals incurved, white, yellowish white, rarely pink or cherry red, mostly with deep maroon to purple corrugate zone, lance-hastate, 1/3-1/2 length of outer petals, fleshier, base saccate, margins revolute; pistils 3-8. |
1-4 per node, fragrant, large; sepals triangular-deltate, 8-12 mm, abaxially pale-tomentose; outer petals 3(-4), white or cream, ovate to oblong or obovate, 3.5-7 cm, abaxially pale-puberulent, veins impressed adaxially; inner petals yellow-white, lance-hastate, 1/3-1/2 length of outer petals, base saccate, adaxially deep yellow corrugate zone; pistils 3-5(-11). |
Berries | yellow-green, 4-7 cm. |
yellow-green, to 8 cm. |
Seeds | dark to pale brown, lustrous, 1-2 cm. |
pale to rich brown, dull, 1-2 cm. |
2n | =18. |
=18. |
Asimina reticulata |
Asimina incana |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–spring. | Flowering spring–early summer. |
Habitat | Moist sands and sandy peat of pine-palmetto flats, savannas, low fields | Sands or sandy loams, upland oak-pineland, pastures, disturbed sandy sites, mostly in longleaf pine-turkey oak systems |
Elevation | 0-100 m (0-300 ft) | 0-150 m (0-500 ft) |
Distribution |
FL
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FL; GA
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Discussion | Asimina reticulata hybridizes with A. incana and A. pygmaea. Hybrids with the latter frequently have cherry-red inner petals. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Asimina incana hybridizes with A. longifolia and A. reticulata, and possibly A. pygmaea. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Annonaceae > Asimina | Annonaceae > Asimina |
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Synonyms | A. cuneata, Pityothamnus reticulatus | Annona incana, Annona speciosa, Pityothamnus incanus |
Name authority | Shuttleworth ex Chapman: Fl. South. U.S. ed. 2, 603. (1883) | (W. Bartram) Exell: J. Bot. 65: 69. (1927) |
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