Black Prince

C. annuum. Hot, mirasol type. Fruit produced in clusters up to a dozen in the canopy. Plants semi-prostrate to prostrate with dense branching 8-13" tall. Leaves and stems green with light purple coloring at the nodes. No pubescence. Flowers white with exserted stigmas. Mature fruit 1-1.75" long, less than 0.5" wide, and less than 0.25 oz. High productivity, no lodging, and early to-mid season maturity when grown in 2014 at Heritage Farm. Highly pungent with little to no flavor, bitter, tough skin, and very seedy. SSE received this variety from the late John Wyche (OK WY J). SSE Accession # 116033