Prairie Fire
Open-pollinated pepper
- Breeding
- Open-pollinated
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 65-85 days 1 seed catalog · basis unstated
- Fruit
- bicolor
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
Origin & history
A dwarf ornamental barely taller than a hand span, covered in tiny upright pods in four colours at once. Grown in pots and window boxes, and genuinely hot despite the scale.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 65-85 days | |
| Scoville heat | 70,000-80,000 SHU | Ornamental in habit, not in heat; hotter than many peppers grown for eating. |
| Plant height | 15-25 cm |
Against the rest of the pepper database
Where this variety sits among every pepper we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
earlier than 76% of the 252 peppers we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
hotter than 82% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
Production systems
Described as suited to
A claim about the seed, from the sources this record cites. A system not listed here has not been ruled out; no source addressed it.
Grown in trials under
Not recorded in any trial we hold.
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See pepper diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- open-pollinated
NuMex Centennial
75-90 days
- open-pollinated
Aurora
70-90 days
- F1 hybrid
Sangria
65-85 days
- heirloom
Bolivian Rainbow
75-95 days
- heirloom
Chinese Five Color
70-90 days
- open-pollinated
Explosive Ember
70-90 days
Explore all pepper varieties · compare any two · when to plant it where you are
Sources & References
Evidence: 1 source, all seed catalogs. No independent reference documents this yet.
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog · Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co., Seed Catalog