Indoor Hanging plant- Peperomia rotundifolia: Floral formula

Habit: Perennial, evergreen, creeping or trailing succulent herb, usually 10–30 cm in height but spreading extensively through slender hanging stems; forms dense cascading mats and is commonly grown in hanging baskets, terrariums, and indoor containers

Root: Fibrous and adventitious, arising from stem nodes that come into contact with the growing medium; roots assist in anchorage and vegetative propagation

Stem: Trailing, slender, succulent, highly branched, green to reddish-green, flexible and delicate; stems often root at nodes under favorable conditions

Leaf: Alternate, petiolate, simple, orbicular to broadly elliptic, 1–2 cm in diameter; margin entire, exstipulate, fleshy and glossy; leaves are bright green, thick, smooth, and succulent, adapted for water storage

Inflorescence: Axillary or terminal spike (spadix-like),

Flower: Bracteate, complete, actinomorphic, bisexual, hypogynous; flowers extremely small, greenish-white, inconspicuous, and borne densely along the spike

Calyx: Sepals absent or highly reduced, inconspicuous

Corolla: Petals absent, a characteristic feature of the family Piperaceae

Androecium: Stamens 2, free; anthers small, bilobed, dehiscing longitudinally

Gynoecium: Ovary superior, monocarpellary, unilocular, containing a single ovule; stigma sessile or nearly sessile

Fruit: Small berry-like drupe, globose, containing a single seed; fruits are rarely produced in cultivated specimens

Floral Formula: Br ⊕ ⚥ P0 A2 G̲1

Systematic Position–
Division – Angiospermae
Class – Dicotyledonae
Order – Piperales
Family – Piperaceae
Genus – Peperomia
Species – rotundifolia