Mattapeno x Mutantgum

Mattapeno x Mutantgum is a modern hobby-bred Capsicum annuum hybrid created by XIII Hot Peppers and circulating through speciality seed sellers including Matt’s Peppers. Live listings place the cross at about F4 to F4/5, showing it as an actively selected line rather than an older fixed variety. The plant is grown for ornamental impact as much as for fruit, with seller text specifically highlighting variegation and encouraging growers to select for the darkest expressions.

In current circulation the line is showing more than one pod form. A short version is sold separately and pictured with small, round, red fruit with green stems, while a long version is also listed under the same cross name. That split fits the way sellers describe it as still unstable, with variation still expected from seed.

Seller descriptions consistently keep it in the mild range and present it as a visually unusual annuum cross built from Mattapeño and Mutant Gum genetics rather than a standard plain jalapeño type. Its core identity in the live sources is a variegated, dark-trait ornamental pepper line with red ripe fruit and ongoing segregation in pod shape.