The variety index
Browse 136 varieties
Mild
C. annuum
Paprika Tap de Cortí
500 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Mild
C. annuum
Paprika Žitava
500 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Medium
C. annuum
Pasilla
2,500 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Superhot
C. chinense
Pepper X
2,693,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Mild
C. annuum
Pepperoncini
500 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. annuum
Pequin
60,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Medium
C. annuum
Peter Pepper
23,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Mild
C. annuum
Piquillo pepper
1,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Mild
C. annuum
Poblano
2,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Superhot
C. hybrid
Raging Bull
100,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Superhot
C. chinense
Red Savina
577,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Medium
C. baccatum
Rocotillo
2,500 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Medium
C. chinense
Rocotillo (Caribbean)
2,500 SHU

Superhot
C. pubescens
Rocoto
100,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Hot
C. annuum
Roxi
30,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Medium
C. annuum
Sandia
7,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Mild
C. annuum
Santa Fe Grande
700 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Superhot
C. chinense
Scotch Bonnet
350,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Medium
C. annuum
Serrano
23,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Medium
C. annuum
Serrano Tampiqueño
25,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Mild
C. annuum
Shishito
200 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Medium
C. annuum
Siling Haba
5,000 SHU

Superhot
C. frutescens
Siling Labuyo
100,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Mild
C. annuum
Sucette de Provence
500 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Heat figure has a published source on record. Unmarked figures are compiled from references we haven't yet cited on the page — accurate as far as we know, but not something you should have to take on trust.