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