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|accepted_name=Asimina incana
|accepted_authority=(W. Bartram) Exell
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Bot.
|place=65: 69. 1927
|year=1927
}}
|common_names=Polecat-bush;flag-pawpaw
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Annona incana
|authority=W. Bartram
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Annona speciosa
|authority=Nash
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pityothamnus incanus
|authority=(W. Bartram) Small
}}
|hierarchy=Annonaceae;Asimina;Asimina incana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Annonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Asimina]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Asimina incana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="shrub some measurement"><b>Shrubs,</b> to 1.5 m.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="branch quantity;branch fragility"><b>Branches </b>copious, stiff;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="shoot coloration;shoot coloration;shoot life cycle;shoot pubescence;tomentum density;tomentum coloration">shoots redbrown or tan with dense, pale tomentum, maturing tomentose only distally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="petiole some measurement"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole 2-6 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade texture;base shape;base shape;base shape;margin shape or vernation;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade oblong to obovate, 5-8c m, leathery, base round to abruptly broadly cuneate, margins obscurely revolute, apex obtuse to rounded, often notched;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="surface pubescence;hair coloration;hair coloration">surfaces abaxially and adaxially densely tomentose with pale blond or tan hairs, becoming moderately or weakly so.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties=""><b>Inflorescences </b>from previous years growth;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="peduncle some measurement">peduncle 2-3.5 cm, pale-tomentous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bracteole quantity;bracteole position;bracteole shape;bracteole some measurement;bracteole pubescence">bracteoles 1-2, basal, usually ovate-triangular, rarely more than 2-3 mm, hairy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower quantity;flower odor;flower size"><b>Flowers </b>1-4 per node, fragrant, large;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="sepal shape;sepal some measurement;sepal pubescence">sepals triangular-deltate, 8-12 mm, abaxially pale-tomentose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="outer petal atypical quantity;outer petal quantity;outer petal coloration;outer petal coloration;outer petal shape;outer petal shape;outer petal shape;outer petal shape;outer petal some measurement;outer petal pubescence;vein prominence">outer petals 3 (-4), white or cream, ovate to oblong or obovate, 3.5-7 cm, abaxially pale-puberulent, veins impressed adaxially;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="inner petal coloration;inner petal shape;inner petal length;base architecture or shape;zone depth;zone coloration;zone arrangement or relief">inner petals yellow-white, lance-hastate, 1/3-1/2 length of outer petals, base saccate, adaxially deep yellow corrugate zone;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="pistil atypical quantity;pistil quantity">pistils 3-5 (-11).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="berry coloration;berry some measurement"><b>Berries </b>yellow-green, to 8 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed coloration;seed coloration;seed coloration;seed coloration;seed reflectance;seed some measurement;2n chromosome quantity"><b>Seeds </b>pale to rich brown, dull, 1-2 cm. <b>2n</b>=18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Sands or sandy loams, upland oak-pineland, pastures, disturbed sandy sites, mostly in longleaf pine-turkey oak systems
|elevation=0-150 m
|distribution=Fla.;Ga.
|discussion=<p>Asimina incana hybridizes with A. longifolia and A. reticulata, and possibly A. pygmaea.</p>
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Asimina incana
|author=
|authority=(W. Bartram) Exell
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Annona speciosa;Pityothamnus incanus
|basionyms=Annona incana
|family=Annonaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Sands or sandy loams, upland oak-pineland, pastures, disturbed sandy sites, mostly in longleaf pine-turkey oak systems
|elevation=0-150 m
|distribution=Fla.;Ga.
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Bot.
|publication year=1927
|special status=Endemic;Weedy
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V3/V3_1159.xml
|genus=Asimina
|species=Asimina incana
|2n chromosome quantity=18
|apex shape=notched;obtuse;rounded
|base architecture or shape=saccate
|base shape=round;abruptly broadly cuneate
|berry coloration=yellow-green
|berry some measurement=0cm;8cm
|bracteole position=basal
|bracteole pubescence=hairy
|bracteole quantity=1;2
|bracteole shape=ovate-triangular
|bracteole some measurement=2+mm;3mm
|branch fragility=stiff
|branch quantity=copious
|flower odor=fragrant
|flower quantity=1;4
|flower size=large
|hair coloration=tan;pale
|inner petal coloration=yellow-white
|inner petal length=1/3 length of outer petals;1/2 length of outer petals
|inner petal shape=lance-hastate
|leaf-blade shape=oblong;obovate
|leaf-blade texture=leathery
|margin shape or vernation=revolute
|outer petal atypical quantity=3;4
|outer petal coloration=cream;white
|outer petal pubescence=pale-puberulent
|outer petal quantity=3
|outer petal shape=ovate;oblong or obovate
|outer petal some measurement=3.5cm;7cm
|peduncle some measurement=2cm;3.5cm
|petiole some measurement=2mm;6mm
|pistil atypical quantity=5;11
|pistil quantity=3;5
|seed coloration=pale;rich brown
|seed reflectance=dull
|seed some measurement=1cm;2cm
|sepal pubescence=pale-tomentose
|sepal shape=triangular-deltate
|sepal some measurement=8mm;12mm
|shoot coloration=tan;redbrown
|shoot life cycle=maturing
|shoot pubescence=tomentose
|shrub some measurement=0m;1.5m
|surface pubescence=tomentose
|tomentum coloration=pale
|tomentum density=dense
|vein prominence=impressed
|zone arrangement or relief=corrugate
|zone coloration=yellow
|zone depth=deep
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