Piquin Black
📷 Photo: Atlantic Pepper Seeds
A hot C. annuum var. glabriusculum, 30,000 to 60,000 SHU. The pods stand upright, 0.5 to 1 inches long, green going to black, small and bullet-shaped with thin walls. Plants reach 12 to 18 inches with white flowers.
APS says it grows well in all climates and makes a nice powder.
Universal Pepper Nomenclature
One code for one pepper, no matter what people call it. Universal Pepper Nomenclature sits behind the names people use and describes the pepper itself: the species, the color it ripens to, its skin, the shape of the pod, and how hot it runs. The last three digits tell apart peppers that match on all of that.
Six parts, always in this order, always split by hyphens. The WikiPepper Foundation issues every code.
This code
- ASpecies: C. annuum
- KRipe color: Black
- SMPattern and skin: Smooth and Glossy
- PPod form: Pequin/small bullet
- 6Heat: 50,001 to 100,000 SHU
- 002Serial number
This is a wild native pepper (C. annuum var. glabriusculum, listed by Kew as var. aviculare). Read about wild native peppers
A hot C. annuum var. glabriusculum, 30,000 to 60,000 SHU. The pods stand upright, 0.5 to 1 inches long, green going to black, small and bullet-shaped with thin walls. Plants reach 12 to 18 inches with white flowers.
APS says it grows well in all climates and makes a nice powder.
Last updated Oct 17, 2026
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