Bigflower Pawpaw
Asimina obovata
Bigflower pawpaw is a Florida-scrub shrub bearing showy, fragrant white flowers up to four inches across and sweet edible fruit, hosting the zebra swallowtail. A drought- and deer-resistant scrub specialist.
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–10 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host, pollinators, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~12 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- FL