Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Vegetable
Aquatics
Origin
Mexico, Central America, South America
North America, Europe, Asia
Types
Cherry Stuffer, Sweet Cherry, Hot Cherry
Lemna minor
Number of Varieties
5037
0
40000
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Habitat
Temperate Regions
Lakes, Ponds, sluggish streams and rivers
USDA Hardiness Zone
5-121-8
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-1
7-1
Sunset Zone
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
21,22
Habit
Oval or Rounded
Spreading
Plant Size
Minimum Height
45.70 cm5.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
40.60 cm0.12 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White
-
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
Red, Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Spring
Sea Green
Green, Light Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Dark Green
Green, Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Dark Green, Black
Green, Light Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Green
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Lanceolate
Oblong-lanceolate
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Fast
Fast
Type of Soil
Loam
-
The pH of Soil
Neutral
-
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Poorly Drained
Bloom Time
Indeterminate
Late Spring, Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Cold climate, Salt, Wet Site
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
In Water
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water
Plant grows in water
In Summer
Lots of watering
Aquatic Plant
In Spring
Moderate
Aquatic Plant
In Winter
Average Water
Aquatic Plant
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral
-
Soil Type
Loam
-
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Poorly Drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
-
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
No fertilizers needed
Pests and Diseases
Aphids, Armyworm, Borers, Red blotch, Stink bugs, Worms
Insects, Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought, Salt
Cold climate, Salt
Flowers
Insignificant
Insignificant
Flower Petal Number
Single
-
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Glossy
Glossy
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Aphids, Beetles
Insects
Allergy
Eye irritation, Skin irritation
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Showy Purposes
-
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Food for insects
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Vitamin A, Vitamin C
Swelling
Part of Plant Used
Fruits
-
Other Uses
Used as a nutritious food item, Used for its medicinal properties
-
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Container, Edible, Herb / Vegetable, Tropical
Bog Garden, Water Gardens
Botanical Name
CAPSICUM annuum 'Cherry Pick'
LEMNA trisulca
Common Name
Cherry Pepper, Cherry Pick Pepper
Duckmeat, Frog's Buttons, Ivyleaf Duckweed, Star Duckweed
In Hindi
चेरी मिर्च
duckweed
In German
Kirsche Pfeffer
Entengrütze
In French
cerise Pepper
lentille d'eau
In Spanish
cereza de la pimienta
Lenteja de agua
In Greek
Cherry πιπέρι
duckweed
In Portuguese
cereja pimenta
lentilha-d'água
In Polish
Cherry Pieprz
Rzęsa
In Latin
Cherry Pepper
duckweed
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Solanales
Arales
Family
Solanaceae
Lemnaceae
Genus
Capsicum
Lemna
Clade
Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Monocots
Tribe
Capsiceae
Lemneae
Subfamily
-
Lemnoideae
Number of Species
5038
1
27800
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