é Chiltepin y»Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum For at least 8,000 years, humans nave spiced their food Win chiles. The tiny, wild chiles we call chittepines are the closest

\iving relatives of the earliest form of domesticated Capsicum

annuum chiles. Cnhiltepines are native to North American and

can still be found growing in canyons in southern Anzona and northern Mexico. Chittepines are attractive perennial landscape plants for shady to fittered light areas in tne \ow

desert. The pea-sizeda fruits are very hot and yet

mockinabirds love chittepines! Mature fruit needs protection

dlisting 2012, Native SeedsiISEARCHK