North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Plant Page | Jeff's Nature Pages

	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

	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) Orange Co., NC 17 Mar 2007

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.