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Capsicum annuum

Family: solanaceae
Common name(s): ornamental peppers
Synonym(s): Capsicum annum
Hardiness ratings: USDA zone 9~11 - 11~12

General resources

• Wikipedia. Online encyclopedia entry (if defined).
• Google images. Web search for photographs.
• The Plant List. Taxonomical lookup
• Catalogue of Life. Taxonomical lookup

Links for Capsicum annuum

• BBC Gardening: Capsicum annuum 'Purple Venezuelan' - Plant profile with horticultural details and garden uses. (1 photo). Also pages for 'Hungarian Hot Wax' and 'Numex Twilight'.
• Central Texas Gardener - Plant of the week profile with photo and cultural information. (1 photo)
• Dave's Garden PlantFiles - Profile page with horticultural basics, and member-contributed photos and comments. (7 photos)
• Denver Botanic Gardens - Description, native range, and cultural requirements. (additional pages for other varieties) (2 photos)
• Garden.org - Community-assembled plant profile (233 varieties in database) (13 photos). Also a page for 'Turks Cap'.
• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Plant description and characteristics with notes on distribution, culture, and propagation. (45 photos)
• Missouri Botanical Garden - Plantfinder page for one of the plants growing at the garden, with usually one or more photos, horticultural information, and noteworthy characteristics. (zone 9-11) (26 photos). Also pages for 'Bananarama', 'Black Pearl', 'Chinese Five Color', 'Holy Mole', 'Onyx Red', 'Park's Early Thickset', 'Purple Flash', and Hot Pepper Group.
• Native Plants of Central Texas - Photos with brief comments from University of Texas at Austin. (4 photos)
• North Carolina State University factsheet - Plant profile with horticultural details and comments (zone 9b-11a) (7 photos)
• Ontario Rock Garden Society: Capsicum annuum 'Black Pearl' - Germination information (additional information for other varieties)
• Rob's Plants - Plant profile with basic horticultural information and often personal observations. Also seed germination records. (3 photos)

Capsicum annuum var. annuum

Links

• Garden.org - Community-assembled plant profile (8 varieties in database) (5 photos)
• Ontario Rock Garden Society - Germination information

Capsicum annuum var. aviculare

Is a synonym for Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum

Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum

Common name(s): Chili Pepper, Hot Pepper, Chile Petin, Chile Piquin (Pequin), Bird Pepper
Synonym(s): Capsicum annuum var. aviculare

Links

• Dave's Garden PlantFiles - Profile page with horticultural basics, and member-contributed photos and comments. (7 photos)
• Garden.org: Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum 'Turrialba' - Community-assembled plant profile (2 photos). Also a page for 'Chilito de Simojovel'.
• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Plant description and characteristics with notes on distribution, culture, and propagation. (7 photos)

Capsicum annuum Grossum Group

Common name(s): Sweet pepper

Links

• BBC Gardening: Capsicum annuum Grossum Group 'Big Banana' - Plant profile with horticultural details and garden uses. (1 photo)

Capsicum annuum Longum Group

Common name(s): Chilli pepper

Links

• BBC Gardening: Capsicum annum Longum group 'F1 Joe's Long' - Plant profile with horticultural details and garden uses. (1 photo). Also pages for 'Hot Banana', 'Fiesta', and 'Firecracker'.