| Scientific Name: | Capsicum annuum (ornamental cvs.) |
| Common Name: | ornamental pepper |
| Family Name: | Solanaceae |
| Origin: | Central America, Garden origin, South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering pot plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Climbing, Mounded, Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Herb, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, May-Oct |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Edible, Orange, Yellow, Green, Purple, Red, Sep-Dec |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most blades ovate to lanceolate, 2-9cm long x 1-4cm wide, margin entire, petioles 1-2cm long; flowers ~1.5cm wide with 5 sepals, petals, and stamens. | |