Purple-edged Jasper Peppergrass—a variety of Peppergrass

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Purple-edge jasper peppergrass is a common foliage plant in households. It has crisp green leaves with a faint purple edge on the edges of the leaves. It looks very beautiful. So, what are the varieties of peppergrass? What about some?

Watermelon rind pepper grass

Also known as watermelon rind, it is native to Brazil. The roots sprout leaves, and the plant height is about 20 to 30 cm. The leaves emerge from close to the substrate and are obovate in shape. The leaves are thick and shiny, semi-leathery to the touch, green on the surface and red on the underside. There are silvery white stripes on the green leaves, which look like watermelon rind. Therefore, it is called watermelon peel pepper grass.

Pepperwort

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Also known as peppergrass. It is in the shape of small clusters, with heart-shaped and wrinkled leaves. The back of the leaves is grey-green in color, and the surface of the leaves is dark brown-green. If you look closely, you will find that the leaves have a velvet luster. When blooming, it is a spadix. The flower stems are very short and the plant height is only 20 cm.

Pepperwort

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Also known as Mosaic Douban Green and Milkweed Pepperweed, it is native to Brazil. It is a creeping plant with dark brown stems and fleshy stems. The leaves are broadly oval, green, with yellow spots.

French leaf peppergrass

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Original to West India. Upright plant type, 20-30 cm high. Growth is slow. The leaves are obovate, thick and stiff, with entire or irregularly lobed edges. The leaves are dark green and shiny, with red edges on the edges.

Pepperwort

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Originally from Venezuela. Upright plant, about 30 cm high. Single leaves are alternate, elliptical or obovate. The leaf tips are blunt and rounded, and the leaf base gradually becomes narrower and finally becomes wedge-shaped. The leaves are thick and stiff, smooth and shiny. The stems and petioles are fleshy and round. The petioles are short and easy to root. The internodes are short and roots are easily formed in the internodes.

Sprinkle Golden Pepper

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Similar to round-leaf peppergrass, only the leaf color is different. Its leaves are dark green, but scattered with irregular light green to creamy yellow patches of varying sizes; or dark green patches or spots are scattered on the mainly yellow-green leaves.

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