Fourpetal Pawpaw
Asimina tetramera
Found in florida scrub. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you
Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?
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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
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Recorded in 2 Florida counties.
Natural habitats
Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Evergreen scrub oaks, sand pine and rosemary on deep, white, drought-prone sand ridges, burned rarely but intensely; distinct from the longleaf and turkey oak sandhills.
Also found with this plant
Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Florida. Shared habitat, not food. 114 animals.
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Who uses this plant?
15CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL
Genus host records with ranges including FL · Asimina
- Eurytides marcellusZebra Swallowtail
- Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
- Adoneta spinuloidesPurple-Crested Slug
- Agrius cingulataPink-Spotted Hawkmoth, Sweet Potatoe Caterpillar
- Apatelodes torrefactaSpotted Apatelodes
- Choristoneura obsoletanaObsolete Leafroller
- Dolba hyloeusPawpaw Sphinx
- Epimecis hortariaTulip-Tree Beauty
- Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
- Omphalocera cariosaMoonseed Webworm
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- Omphalocera munroeiAsimina Webworm
- Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
- Parasa indeterminaStinging Rose Caterpillar Moth, Rose Slug Caterpillar
- Prolimacodes badiaSkiff Moth, Skiff Caterpillar
- Talponia plummerianaPawpaw Peduncle Borer, Speckled Talponia
3BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Asimina
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- Annonaceae
Conservation status
| Florida rank | S1? |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| FL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Atlas of Florida Plants
- FloraQuest: Florida (Weakley), phone app (app page)
- NatureServe Explorer
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications

























