Chiltepin
Capsicum annuum
Chiltepin is the wild, bird-dispersed ancestor of the chile pepper, a small shrub bearing tiny fiery-hot red fruit beloved by birds. Native to far southern Texas and Arizona.
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, alkaline, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- AL, AZ, GA, MD, TX, UT