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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Capsicum annuum L. var. glabriusculum
(Dunal) Heiser & Pickersgill
Bird pepper, Cayenne pepper

Capsicum annuum
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Solanaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southern United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and northern South America.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Synonyms: C. baccatum, misapplied; C. frutescens, misapplied.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Critically Imperiled

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: First collected between 1838 and 1853 by John Loomis Blodgett on the island of Key West.  Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks from the upper Keys to the lower Keys.  We consider this native from the upper Keys to the lower Keys, but perhaps extant only in the upper Keys.

Other data on Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum available from :


Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum has been reported from the following 5 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Reported
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park Reported
National Key Deer Refuge Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated




Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum has been reported for the following 3 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Coastal Berm
Disturbed Upland
Rockland Hammock


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Capsicum annuum
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Capsicum annuum
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Capsicum annuum
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley