Cute Houseplant!

[Tess]

A friend of mine gave me this cute little houseplant and I don't know what it is? Any ideas?

 

[Larisa]

This is Pilea peperomioides. This plant is unpretentious. Sometimes blooms with small red flowers.

 

[pionjane]

Reminds me of peperomia obtusifolia. I'm pretty sure that's it.

 

[Larisa]

@Marck?

 

[Marck]

I agree with Larisa, this is Pilea peperomioides in the Nettle Family (Urticaceae), native to southern China.

As the specific epithet 'peperomioides' suggests, its leaves are peltate in a way similar to some Peperomia in the Black Pepper Family (Piperaceae), such as Peperomia polybotrya and Peperomia argyreia.

 

[pionjane]

I agree with Larisa, this is Pilea peperomioides in the Nettle Family (Urticaceae), native to southern China.

As the specific epithet 'peperomioides' suggests, its leaves are peltate in a way similar to some Peperomia in the Black Pepper Family (Piperaceae), such as Peperomia polybotrya and Peperomia argyreia.

Thanks! Now I will know