Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum
Capsicum annuum L. var. glabriusculum (Dunal) Heiser & Pickersgill
Chile Pequin, Chile Tepin, Bird Pepper, Turkey Pepper, Cayenne Pepper
Solanaceae (Potato Family)
USDA Symbol: CAANGUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), PR (I), VI (I)
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Specimen & Label Data
Capsicum annuum var. aviculare
Bird-Pepper, Chillipiquin
Solonaceae
Location: 135 m SW of horse pens, N side of walking path--Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Some shade; nominal moisture; alkaline, alluvial soil.
Description: Much branched shrub about 1 m tall. Leaves ovate, acute apically, to 3 x 6 cm, opposite or fascicled, petiolate, medium-green above, yellow-green below. Peduncles to 3 cm, slender, mostly single in axils, recurved at maturity. Corolla white; ovary superior. Fruit an ovate berry, red at maturity, pungent. Seeds--many.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 5, 1987
Specimen number: 208
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0450
Accession Date: Jul 27, 1993
Accession Number: 36
Annotations: SXFXB