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Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum (Dunal) Heiser & Pickersgill

Chile pequin, Bird pepper, Turkey pepper, Cayenne pepper
Solanaceae (Potato Family)

USDA Symbol: CAANG
USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

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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

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