Dwarf Pawpaw

The dwarf (or smallflower) pawpaw (Asimina parviflora) is like the common pawpaw (A. triloba), but has tiny flowers and fruit and only grows to be a shrub or small tree. This is the kind of pawpaw I see in the woods around here. Zebra swallowtail butterflies use it as a host plant. It's flowering now. My common pawpaw at my mom's house is not far behind.

Bare Pawpaw

As I drove to work this morning, the fields sparkled with frost. I was surprisingly eager to get up this morning, in spite of the cold. No doubt the little radiant heater glowing across the dark room helped. I forgot to post a photo I took this weekend: the pawpaw tree has lost its leaves.