PLANTS Profile for Capsicum annuum (cayenne pepper)

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PLANTS Profile

Capsicum annuum L.
cayenne pepper

Symbol:

CAAN4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Solanaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		NI
HI		I
PR		I
VI		I

More Information:

Distribution:
Capsicum annuum L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, HI, LA, MD, MS, NC, NM, NY, PA, SC, TX, UT, VA), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Capsicum annuum L.

View 42 genera in Solanaceae, 4 species in Capsicum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum. .

Capsicum annuum var. annuum
cayenne pepper

Distribution of Capsicum annuum L. var. glabriusculum (Dunal) Heiser & Pickersgill. .

Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum
cayenne pepper

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Capsicum annuum L.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Solanaceae – Potato family
Genus	Capsicum L. – pepper
Species	Capsicum annuum L. – cayenne pepper

Introduced Information:
Capsicum annuum L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Capsicum annuum L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30492.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 05:36 PM CDT