How to identify your chilli plant species
If you are given a chilli plant of misplace a plant marker, this guide should help identify the species:
Pubescens (e.g.Rocoto)
- - Seeds Black
Annuum (e.g. Jalapeno)
- - Seeds tan colour
- - Corolla White (no spots)
- - Flowers solitary per node and filament NOT purple
Baccatum (e.g. Aji)
- - Seeds tan colour
- - Corolla has spots
Chinense (e.g. Habanero)
- - Seeds tan colour
- - Corolla white or greenish, no spots
- - Flowers two or more per node and filament purple
Frutescens (e.g. Tabasco)
- - Seeds tan colour
- - Corolla greenish, no spots
- - Flowers solitary per node



