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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Peperomia pellucida   FAMILY Piperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Peperomia pellucida   FAMILY Piperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Peperomia pellucida

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Peperomia pellucida

 

COMMON NAME:
Pepper-elder, Man-to-man, Rat-ear


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Keith Bradley    kab_p_pellucida_74154

May    Miami-Dade County    FL

Leaf blade palmately 5-7-veined, broadly ovate to deltate; surfaces glabrous, per Flora of North America.

image of Peperomia pellucida, Pepper-elder, Man-to-man, Rat-ear

Keith Bradley    kab_p_pellucida_74164

May    Miami-Dade County    FL

Spikes can be axillary, terminal, or opposite leaves; solitary (rarely 2+), per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Peperomia pellucida   FAMILY Piperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Peperomia pellucida   FAMILY Piperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Peperomia pellucida

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Peperomia pellucida

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4092

Forb
Annual/Short-lived perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, especially around greenhouses, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Neotropics

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves palmately veined
Alternate
Petiole about 1/2 the length of blade

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Flowers are sessile.
Perianth absent
2 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in loosely flowered spikes

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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