| Other Name(s): |
AKA Small Flowered Pawpaw |
| Category: |
Shrub/Tree |
| Class: |
Perennial |
| Bloom Color: |
Brownish-purple |
| Bloom Size: |
3/4" |
| Bloom Season: |
Spring |
| Fruit: |
1 - to 3" long cylindric yellow-green fruits mature to dark brown; displays from July to September. |
| Fragrance: |
May have mildly unpleasant odor |
| Foliage: |
Dark green 3-6" long leaves are obovate to oblanceolate, base narrowly to broadly cuneate, margins barely revolute, apex acute to acuminate. Young leaves covered with a rusty down maturing to glabrous except for hairs along the veins |
| Height: |
3 ft. - 12 ft. |
| Spread: |
2 ft. - 6 ft. |
| Growth rate: |
Slow growth rate |
| Hardiness: |
Zones 7a to 10b |
| Light Requirements: |
Full sun to partial shade |
| Soil Type: |
Moist, well-drained soil |
| Native Range: |
North Carolina south to Florida and west to Texas |
| Photographer: |
William Khoury |
| Latitude / Longitude: |
(32.48725954°N, -83.92524625°W) |
| Bed(s): |
TREES - 3 Plant; |