Domesticated Capsicum - "Chile" (Capsicum annuum)

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Capsicum annuum - Wikipedia
Capsicum annuum - Missouri Botanical Garden

Duration: Perennial

Origination:  southern North America and northern South America

Edibility: Fruit

Status in Yard: Garden

Many of the chile peppers and bell peppers we eat are varieties of Capsicum annuum. I first transplanted a store-bought plant on August 25, 2013.

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A capsicum annuum flower on April 18, 2014

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Tricomes (hairs) of the same capsicum annuum plant

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Varieties grown from transplants

"Jalapeno"  3/9/2014
"Serrano del Sol"  3/9/2014
"Hot Banana"  3/9/2014
"California Wonder"  3/9/2014

Varieties grown from seed indoors

"Early Jalapeno"
"Giant Marconi"