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Asimina pygmea

dwarf pawpaw, gopherberry
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Mark Hutchinson, Hernando Chapter, FNPS
  • Photo by: Mark Hutchinson, Hernando Chapter, FNPS
  • Photo by: Mark Hutchinson, Hernando Chapter, FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

dwarf pawpaw, gopherberry

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Asimina pygmea

Familia:

Annonaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

shrub

Tamaño:

1.5 - 2.0 ft tall by 1 - 1.5 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white,red,green

Color de la fruta:

green

Fenología:

Blooms in late spring

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Specimen plant.

Consideraciones:

difficult to establish because of long taproot.

Disponibilidad:

Seed

Propagación:

Usually grown from nursery stock. Difficult to transplant, minimize root disturbance and keep moist until established. Can be grown from seed.

Luz:

Full Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Somewhat moist, no flooding -a- Somewhat long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand

pH del suelo:

5.0 - 7.0

Apto para cultivo en:

8B,9A,9B

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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Larval host to the Zebra Swallowtail butterfly ( Eurytides marcellus )and pawpaw sphinx ( Dolba hyloeus ). Pollinated by flies and beetles.

Birds and small wildlife consume the fruit.





The fruit of dwarf pawpaw is sometimes called gopherberry because the fruit is eaten by gopher tortoises.

Hábitats nativos:

flatwoods, scrub, sandhill

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Edible fruit.

Comentarios generales:

Flowers range from maroon to maroon and white, to maroon and green mixed. One common name is gopherberry - because golpher tortoise eat the fruit.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Minno, Marc and Maria Minno. (1999). Florida Butterfly Gardening: A Complete Guide to Attracting, Identifying, and Enjoying Butterflies. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Traas, Pamela. (2001). Gardening for Florida's Butterflies. Great Outdoors Publishing Co., St. Petersburg, FL.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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