Asimina incana
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Polecat Bush, Flag Pawpaw, Woolly Pawpaw
Annonaceae
Plant Specifics
| Form: | Shrub | |
| Size: | 4 - 6 ft tall by 3 - 5 ft wide | |
| Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
| Flower Color: | White | |
| Fruit Color: | Green | |
| Phenology: | Deciduous | |
| Noted for: | Showy flowers |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Specimen shrub. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Considerations: | May be difficult to establish because of its long tap root. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Propagation: | Usually grown from nursery stock. Difficult to transplant, minimize root disturbance and keep moist until established. Can be grown from seed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Availability: | Seed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| (Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: | Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil or other substrate: | Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil pH: | Acidic to neutral | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecology
| Wildlife: |
Small mammals and birds harvest the fruit. | |
| Insects: | The flowers produce an odor similar to rotting meat to attract blowflies or carrion beetles for cross pollination. Larval host for zebra swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus) and pawpaw sphinx (Dolba hyloeus). | |
| Native Habitats: | Sandhills, flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
8B 9A
USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures
Comments
| Ethnobotany: | Edible fruits. |