[1] It was first described by Truman G. Yuncker and published in the book "Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 30(4): 445.

[1][3] Stem up to 15 cm tall, branching sub-erect, 2 mm thick at the base when dry, densely hirtellous, with internodes generally 10-15 mm long; leaves alternating, elliptic, mostly 1.2-1.8 cm.

long, the apex bluntly acute, the base acute, puberulent on both sides, ciliolate, palmately 3-5 nerved, the nerves branched upward, moderately dark-glandular dotted, drying membranous, translucent; petiole about 5 mm.

long, moderately to loose flowered; peduncle slender, 3-5 mm.

long, hirtellous; rachis glabrous; bracts round peltate; drupe globos From Peperomia subroseispica, they differ because of its densely hirtellous stems.