Piquin Purple Cross
A hot C. annuum var. glabriusculum, 30,000 to 60,000 SHU. The pods stand upright, 0.5 to 1 inches long, purple going to blue-purple, small and bullet-shaped with thin walls. Plants reach 12 to 18 inches with white flowers.
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Read the nomenclature guideThis 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, purple going to blue-purple, small and bullet-shaped with thin walls. Plants reach 12 to 18 inches with white flowers.
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