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Peperomia Rotundifolia

Peperomia rotundifolia, Piperaceae

Sources last read 14 September 2026.

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Also called Creeping Buttons, Jade Necklace, Round Leaf Peperomia, Trailing Jade, yerba linda and Yorba Linda.

Peperomia Rotundifolia (Peperomia rotundifolia), the whole plant.
Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Toxicity is partly unassessed

  • Listed as non-toxic to cats by ASPCA.
  • Listed as non-toxic to dogs by ASPCA.
  • Not assessed for people. RHS publishes no harm statement for this plant. That is not a finding of safety: none of the sources read for this site gives an answer either way. Treat it as unknown.

What the sources say about its care

Light
Full sun, Partial shade
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Water
Moist but well-drained
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Humidity

No source read publishes a humidity figure for any plant on this site. What follows is general guidance for foliage plants.

ASHRAE recommends indoor relative humidity between 30% and 60% 30–60%
Penn State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Temperature

How cold this tolerates, not what it prefers. No source read for this site publishes a preferred range for a plant indoors.

H1B — 10–15°C 10–15 °C
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Soil
Loam, Sand; pH Acid or Alkaline or Neutral
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Toxic to cats
Non-toxic
ASPCA · read 13 September 2026
Toxic to dogs
Non-toxic
ASPCA · read 13 September 2026
Harmful to people
No statement of harm to people is published for this plant; that absence is not evidence it is safe.
RHS · read 13 September 2026

Routine care

Watering
Ideally using soft, lukewarm water, water moderately in summer and sparingly in winter.
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Feeding
Give a balanced liquid fertiliser once a month from spring through summer.
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Propagation
Stem cuttings
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Sow seed when ripe at 19-24°C; in summer, root stem cuttings.
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Pruning
Pruning is not needed.
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Pests and diseases
Usually free of pests and diseases.
RHS · read 13 September 2026

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Close view of Peperomia Rotundifolia (Peperomia rotundifolia) foliage.
Close upKrzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Peperomia Rotundifolia (Peperomia rotundifolia) growing in a pot.
In a potMickaël Schauli, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

About the plant

Peperomia rotundifolia, also known as jade necklace, trailing jade, creeping buttons and round leaf Peperomia, is a trailing plant species of peperomia native to the tropical rainforest of South America.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · read 13 September 2026

Native range
Mexico to Trop. America
World Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.
Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
Mexico to Tropical America
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
South Africa, West Indies, Central and South America
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Climate
wet tropical
World Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.
Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
Growth form
epiphyte or lithophyte
World Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.
Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
Epiphyte, Herbaceous Perennial; habit creeping
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Tufted, Matforming (evergreen)
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Size
Height up to 12 in; width 4–20 in
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Height Up to 10 cm; spread 0.1-0.5 metres after 2–5 years
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Flowering
Flowers gold/yellow
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Flowers yellow in spring, summer, autumn and winter
RHS · read 13 September 2026

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What this does not cover

The figures above are what published sources say, not measurements of the plant in your room. They say nothing about your pot size, your water, the season, or how far from the glass the plant stands, and those decide more than any figure here does.

Humidity has no species figure because no source read for this site publishes one, and the only temperature published for this plant is a cold floor. The simulator fills those gaps with general figures for its kind of plant, marked as general and listed on how we read sources. Where a toxicity row says the plant was not assessed, that is the absence of a finding and not a finding of safety.

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