Capsicum frutescens Linnaeus. Common name: Tabasco. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Open hammocks, dry disturbed areas; also persistent from gardens, uncommonly cultivated, rare as a waif. Distribution: Native of Andean South America. Reported in e. GA (Duncan 1985; Jones & Coile 1988).
Origin/Endemic status: South America
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl6, K4, S, WH3, Andrews (1995), Bosland & Votova (2000), De (2003), Zhang, Zhang, & Endress (2003); = Capsicum annuum L. var. frutescens (L.) Kuntze; < Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum — FNA14. Basionym: Capsicum frutescens L. 1753
Links to other floras: < Capsicum annuum var. annuum - FNA14
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Heliophily ⓘ: 0
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native range: Central and South America
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