Piperaceae
Polynesian peperomia
Peperomia humilis
- Family
- Piperaceae
- Genus
- Peperomia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Polynesian peperomia
Synonyms
- Micropiper humile Small
- Peperomia blanda var. humilis (A.Dietr.) C.Nelson
- Piper humile 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
FlowerPhoto: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA, CC BY 2.0, 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.