Peperomia plurispica is a species of terrestrial or epiphytic herb in the genus Peperomia that is native to Peru. It grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is threatened.
The type specimen were collected at Cani, Peru at an altitude of 2550 meters above sea level.
Peperomia plurispica is a medium-sized, stoloniferous, ascending herb with a stem 2âÂÂ3 mm thick (much thicker at the base), covered in crisp pilose hairs. The leaves are typically in whorls of 4âÂÂ5 at the nodes. They are elliptic-oblong, somewhat acute at both ends, and somewhat small, measuring 15âÂÂ30 mm long and 5âÂÂ10 mm wide. They are glabrate above, crisp-pilose along the nerves beneath, and have more or less conspicuous black punctulations. The short, crisp-pilose petiole is 2âÂÂ3 mm long. The terminal and axillary spikes are filiform, reaching 100 mm or more in length and 1 mm in thickness, with loosely arranged flowers, and are borne on an appressed-villous peduncle 2.5 cm long. The immersed ovaries are ovoid with a subapical stigma.
It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in ', from specimens collected by James Francis Macbride.
The epithet combines the Latin pluri- and spica, meaning "many-spiked," referring to the numerous spikes produced by this species.
It is native to Peru. It grows as a terrestrial or epiphytic herb. It grows on wet tropical biomes.
This species has been assessed as threatened in a preliminary report.