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Scientific name:

Capsicum annuum

Vernacular name:

Pepper, Sweet


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Sweet Pepper

Scientific name: Capsicum annuum L.

Diagnostic features
Stems erect, to 60cm.
Leaves ovate to narrowly so, 8-15cm.
Corolla white to purplish, 2-3cm across.
Fruit green, yellow or red, (1)3-15(25)cm.

Chromosome number: (2n=12, 24).

Habitat
Introduced-casual; imported as birdseed, as fruit for cooking and, increasingly, as green salad, now occasional casual on tips and sewerage works.

Distribution
Scattered in South England; tropical America.

This species is keyed out on Page 3473: Capsicum & Lycopersicon in the Text Key.

Capsicum annuum (Pepper, Sweet)
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