Piperaceae
Winged peperomia
Peperomia alata
- Family
- Piperaceae
- Genus
- Peperomia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Winged peperomia
Synonyms
- Micropiper alatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Miq.
- Peperomia alata var. angustifolia C.DC.
- Peperomia alata var. pterocaulis (Miq.) C.DC.
- Peperomia laevis C.DC.
- Peperomia microreticulata Steyerm.
- Peperomia nilssonii Yunck.
- Peperomia pterocaulis Miq.
- Peperomia pterocaulis f. filispica Trel.
- Peperomia pterocaulis f. stipiticarpa Trel.
- Peperomia pterocaulis var. filispica Trel.
- Peperomia pterocaulis var. palmamochana Trel.
- Peperomia velloziana Miq.
- Piper alatum Vahl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/jasonrgrant Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.