Peperomia humilis A.Dietr.

Polynesian peperomia (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Piperaceae > Peperomia

Characteristics

Herbs , perennial, rhizomatous, erect or decumbent, simple or branched, 10-50 cm, strigose, without black, glandular dots. Leaves usually opposite or whorled, sometimes proximal leaves alternate; petiole ca. 1/4 length of blade, with ascending, incurved hairs. Leaf blade prominently to obscurely 3-veined from base, usually elliptic to obovate, sometimes proximal blades depressed-obovate, 1.2-6.5 × 0.4-3.5 cm, base cuneate to widely cuneate, apex acute or short-acuminate; surfaces abaxially and adaxially densely to sparsely strigose. Spikes axillary and terminal, 1-4, loosely flowered, 3-14 cm, mature fruiting spikes 1.5-2.5 mm diam. Fruits sessile, broadly ellipsoid to globose, 0.5-0.7 × 0.4-0.7 mm, warty, viscid; beak minute, knoblike, blunt, ca. 0.1 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Images

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Distribution

Peperomia humilis world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:678831-1
WFO ID wfo-0000478432
COL ID 76R7K
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630359
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Synonyms

Peperomia questeliana Peperomia mornicola Peperomia lentibacca Peperomia ramosa Peperomia pilipeduncula Peperomia hirsutifolia Micropiper humile Peperomia humilis Peperomia johnstonii