Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum)

Family: Solanaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Early fall, Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Leaves, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

pungent flavouring whilst milder varieties (the sweet peppers) have a very pleasant flavour with a slight sweetness and are often eaten raw in salads etc. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; Some varieties are very hot (the chilli and cayenne peppers) and are normally used as a pungent flavouring whilst milder varieties (the sweet peppers) have a very pleasant flavour with a slight sweetness and are often eaten raw in salads etc.; The dried fruits of chilli and cayenne peppers is ground into a powder and used as a pungent flavouring called paprika.; The powder from the dried ground fruit of some cultivars is added to food as a colouring.

Habitat & North American Range

Not known in the wild. (Zone 10)