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Dwarf Pawpaw (Asimina parviflora) Pender Co., NC 23 Apr 2006 Dwarf Pawpaw is a small shrub that flowers in the spring and is a caterpillar host plant for Zebra Swallowtails. | |
Dwarf Pawpaw (Asimina parviflora) Pender Co., NC 23 Apr 2006 | |
Dwarf Pawpaw (Asimina parviflora) Pender Co., NC 23 Apr 2006 |
Netted Pawpaw, Netleaf Pawpaw (Asimina reticulata) Collier-Seminole State Park, Collier Co., FL 6 Feb 2015 | |
Netted Pawpaw, Netleaf Pawpaw (Asimina reticulata)< Collier-Seminole State Park, Collier Co., FL 6 Feb 2015 | |
Netted Pawpaw, Netleaf Pawpaw (Asimina reticulata)< Collier-Seminole State Park, Collier Co., FL 6 Feb 2015 Flowers are borne on old growth twigs. |
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Orange Co., NC 17 Mar 2007 Statewide in North Carolina in rich forested habitats, Pawpaw, also known as Indian-banana, has distinctive "cinnamon" twig buds and very distinctive globe-shaped flower buds. | |
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Durham Co., NC 9 Apr 2007 Flowers appear before the leaves mature in the spring. | |
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Durham Co., NC 9 Apr 2007 | |
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Durham Co., NC 6 Sep 2009 Odd fruits have a strong, distinctive smell when ripe and are quite tasty, if you can find some before the wildlife gets to them! | |
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) York Co., VA 28 Aug 2013 | |
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Durham Co., NC 6 Sep 2009 | |
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Orange Co., NC 17 Mar 2007 | |
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) York Co., VA 28 Aug 2013 Asimina Webworm Moths (Omphalocera munroei) are one of the few insects adapted to feeding on the toxic pawpaw. They form "nests" at the tips of pawpaw twigs where they feed on and fold leaves with silk. | |
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) York Co., VA 28 Aug 2013 Opened Asimina Webworm Moth "nest" with frass. |
Asimina Webworm Moth (Omphalocera munroei) caterpillar York Co., VA 28 Aug 2013 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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