Dwarf Pawpaw
Asimina pygmea
Dwarf pawpaw is a knee-high pawpaw of Florida pine flatwoods with creamy-to-maroon flowers and edible fruit, hosting the zebra swallowtail. A diminutive, deer-resistant groundlayer shrub for dry sand.
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host, pollinators, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~12 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- foundation, erosion control
- Native states
- FL