Life Span
Perennial
Annual
Type
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Vegetable
Origin
-
Mexico, Central America, South America
Types
-
Chili Pepper
Number of Varieties
1025
0
40000
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Habitat
Subtropical climates, Sunny Edge
Open areas
USDA Hardiness Zone
-9999-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
12-1
Sunset Zone
21,22
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
Habit
Clump-Forming
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
30.00 cm60.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
10.00 cm45.70 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White, Orange, Pink, Hot Pink, Coral, Crimson, Lavender, Ivory
White, Light Yellow, Ivory
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
Red, Green, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Gray Green, Dark Green
Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Several shades of Green
Dark Green, Black
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
Dark Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Long linear and narrow
Elliptic
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Medium
Type of Soil
-
Loam
The pH of Soil
-
Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall
Indeterminate
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
From bulbs
Seedlings, Transplanting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Needs very little water
Do Not over Water
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
Neutral
Soil Type
-
Loam
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Cut back the foliage when the plants die back naturally, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Pests and diseases free
fungus, Verticillium Wilt, Viruses
Plant Tolerance
Full Sun
Drought
Flowers
Showy
Insignificant
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Glossy
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies, pollinators
-
Allergy
-
Hives, Rash
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Cottage Garden, Informal Hedge, Mixed Border, Showy Purposes
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification, Deer resistant, Food for insects
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
Diphtheria, Gout, Malignant Scarlet Fever, Paralysis
Part of Plant Used
Bulbs
Fruits
Other Uses
bulb used as starch
Used As Food
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Feature Plant, Mixed Border
Container, Edible, Herb / Vegetable, Tropical
Botanical Name
LYCORIS
CAPSICUM annuum 'Serrano'( Longum Group)
Common Name
Naked Ladies, Spiderlily, Surprise Lily
Hot Chili Pepper, Serrano Pepper
In Hindi
surprise lily
Serrano Kali Mirch
In German
Überraschung Lilie
Serrano Pfeffer
In French
Lycoris squamigera
Piment serrano
In Spanish
Lycoris squamigera
Chile serrano
In Greek
surprise lily
Serrano pepper
In Portuguese
surpresa lírio
Serrano pimenta
In Polish
niespodzianka lilia
Serrano pieprz
In Latin
surprise lily
Serrano piperis
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
-
Anthophyta
Class
Liliopsida
-
Order
Asparagales
Solanales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Solanaceae
Genus
Lycoris
Capsicum
Clade
Angiosperms, Monocotyledonous
Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
-
Capsiceae
Subfamily
Amaryllidoideae
Solanoideae
Number of Species
1027
1
27800
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