Baby rubber plant
Peperomia obtusifolia
Also called Peperomia and Pepper face
Houseplant · Patterned foliageHalf succulent. Those thick leaves hold water, so it wants far less than its neighbours.
Care at a glance
- Ease
- Easy
- Water
- Every 12 daysDrench and drain — water the whole surface until it runs from the holes.
- Light
- Medium to bright indirect
- Feed
- Every 60 days
- Humidity
- Average
- Hardiness
- Indoors, or out in high summer RHS H1B, to 10°C
- Size
- 0.3 m tall · 0.3 m across
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Origin
- Tropical Americas
Is it safe for pets and people?
PetsSafe for pets
PeopleNot checked yet
Nobody has checked this one against a source for us yet, so treat it as unknown rather than safe.
Checked against ASPCA and RHS on 2026-07-31.
A guide, not veterinary or medical advice. If a pet or a person has eaten a plant and you are worried, call your vet or doctor now — don’t wait for signs to appear. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
First signs of trouble
- Corky brown scabs on the underside of a leaf and along the stalk, on a plant watered again while the compost was still wet — the cells have burst from taking up more water than the leaf can lose.Oedema · disorder
- A whole leaf topples off still green, and the short stalk left behind is brown and mushy at the base.Stem rot · disease