In the past , some woody forms of this species have been called C. frutescens .
The features that were used to distinguish those forms appear in many populations of C. annuum and are not consistently recognizable features in C. frutescens species .
In the past , some woody forms of this species have been called C. frutescens , but the features that were used to distinguish those forms appear in many populations of C. annuum and are not consistently recognizable features in C. frutescens species .