C. pubescens

The rocotos and locotos of the Andes, and the odd one out among the domesticated chilies: the only species that will not cross with any of the others.

You can identify one on sight — hairy leaves, purple-blue flowers, and black seeds that no other Capsicum produces. They want warm days, genuinely cool nights, a large pot and real patience, often 120–150 days to the first ripe fruit. In return you get thick, juicy, apple-crisp flesh unlike anything else in the genus.

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