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Michigan Planting Tips and Growing Advice
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Peperomia obtusifolia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Piperales |
Family: | Piperaceae |
Genus: | Peperomia |
Species: | P. obtusifolia |
Binomial name | |
Peperomia obtusifolia (L.) A.Dietr. |
Peperomia obtusifolia, also known as the baby rubberplant, American rubber plant, or pepper face, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Peperomia under the family Piperaceae, native to Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean.[1][2] The specific epithet obtusifolia means “blunt-leaved”.[3] The plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society‘s Award of Garden Merit.[4]