Delaware Wildflowers • Scientific names
Diospyros virginiana
PersimmonEbenaceae — Ebony family
Native
![Diospyros virginiana](/images/diospyros_virginiana_0.jpg)
Pistillate flower bud.
White Clay Creek State Park -- Judge Morris EstateJune 2014
![Diospyros virginiana](/images/diospyros_virginiana_1.jpg)
Staminate flowers
Cape Henlopen State ParkJune 2013
![Diospyros virginiana](/images/diospyros_virginiana_2.jpg)
Pistillate flowers.
![Diospyros virginiana](/images/diospyros_virginiana_6.jpg)
June 2014
![Diospyros virginiana](/images/diospyros_virginiana_3.jpg)
Developing fruit, one with petals still attached.
White Clay Creek State Park -- Judge Morris EstateJune 2013
![Diospyros virginiana](/images/diospyros_virginiana_4.jpg)
Pretty, but not ready to eat. They are very astringent at this point.
![Diospyros virginiana](/images/diospyros_virginiana_5.jpg)
This one is getting close.
October 2013
![Diospyros virginiana](/images/diospyros_virginiana_7.jpg)
This one is ready to eat.
November 2015
![Diospyros virginiana](/images/diospyros_virginiana_8.jpg)
Woodlawn Tract
January 2015
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Photos copyright David G. Smith
Information from the Delaware Flora Checklist used with author's permission.