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Accession Data:

Peperomia prostrata B.S.Williams ex Mast. & T.Moore

  • Common Name: String of Turtles
  • Family: Piperaceae Agardh.

  • Country of Origin: Ecuador

  • USDA Zone: 11?

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201400266
  • Source: Brian Leib - Harvard Weld Hill GH
  • Provenance:
    Received as P. serpens, identified as P. prostrata by Cole Geissler
  • Accession Date: 12-18-2014
  • Bench: 3307 - NEOB: Bromeliad Island
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 09-25-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: magnoliids
  • Order: Piperales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Piperaceae
  • SubFamily: Piperoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Ecuador

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, January 27, 2017.
  2. Peperomia serpens at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Friday, January 27, 2017.

data regenerated on Wed, 05 Mar 2025 15:48:04 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Peperomia prostrata

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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