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|accepted_name=Asimina obovata
|accepted_authority=(Willdenow) Nash
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=23: 240. 1896
|year=1896
}}
|common_names=Flag-pawpaw
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Annona obovata
|authority=Willdenow
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2(2): 1269. 1799
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Undefined a.grandiflora
|authority=W. Bartram
|rank=species
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|name=Asimina grandiflora
|authority=(W.Bartram) Dunal
|rank=species
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|name=Orchidocarpum grandiflorum
|authority=(W. Bartram) Michaux
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pityothamnus obovatus
|authority=(Willdenow) Small
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Porcelia grandiflora
|authority=(W.Bartram) Persoon
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Uvaria obovata
|authority=(Willdenow) Torrey & A. Gray
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Annonaceae;Asimina;Asimina obovata
|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 obovata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or small trees, 2-3(-4.5) m, much branched. <b>New</b> shoots densely tomentose, hairs bright red, maturing glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 2-6 mm, hairs bright red. <b>Leaf</b> blade obovate to oblong, oblanceolate or ovate, 4-10(-12) cm, leathery, base rounded to broadly cuneate, margins scarcely to prominently revolute, apex rounded to obtuse, often notched; surfaces abaxially densely hairy along veins, later sparsely so, hairs bright red, adaxially sparsely red-hairy, maturing glabrous, lustrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal on new growth, sometimes directly from axils of previous season; peduncle usually erect, shootlike, to 0.5 cm, tomentose, hairs bright red; bracts leafy, often with 1-2 bracteoles basally. <b>Flowers</b> yellow-white with lemony fragrance, large; sepals elliptic to ovate, 5-15 mm, adaxially red-hairy; outer petals spreading, elliptic to obovate, 4-6(-8) cm, veins abaxially puberulent, glabrescent, impressed adaxially; inner petals incurved, rarely pink or red, oval to oblong, rarely lanceolate, 1/5-1/2 length of outer petals, thick, base slightly saccate, corrugate zone adaxially purple; pistils 3-8(-11). <b>Berries</b> yellow-green, 5-9cm. <b>Seeds</b> brown to chestnut brown, 1-2 cm. <b>2n</b>=18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late winter–early summer.
|habitat=White and yellow sand ridges, mostly in oak-pine woods, scrub, coastal dunes, and hammock edges
|elevation=0-150 m
|distribution=Fla.
|discussion=<p>Taller strains of <i>Asimina obovata</i>, particularly those with pink or red inner petals, have great horticultural potential. W.Bartram figured this species adequately, but subsequent authors tended to confuse it and his somewhat similar <i>Annona</i> incana, with which it is sympatric in northern peninsular Florida.</p>
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name=Asimina obovata
|authority=(Willdenow) Nash
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Undefined a.grandiflora;Asimina grandiflora;Orchidocarpum grandiflorum;Pityothamnus obovatus;Porcelia grandiflora;Uvaria obovata
|basionyms=Annona obovata
|family=Annonaceae
|phenology=Flowering late winter–early summer.
|habitat=White and yellow sand ridges, mostly in oak-pine woods, scrub, coastal dunes, and hammock edges
|elevation=0-150 m
|distribution=Fla.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1896
|special status=Endemic;Illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_620.xml
|genus=Asimina
|species=Asimina obovata
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