Scientific Name
Other Names
Life Form
Family
Ornamental - Popular houseplant or annual groundcover due to its attractive foliage and long blooming period.
Mexico
Thrives in the subtropical biome.
It is low-growing evergreen perennial forming a groundcover or trailing in containers reaches 30-45 cm tall.
Stem is thick, succulent covered in fine, white, cobweb-like hairs.
Leaves are gray-green to dull olive color, sometimes blushed with purple, arranged in two opposing rows, creating a geometric pattern, 2.5-5 cm long. Densely covered with white, cobwebby hairs, giving the plant a silvery sheen.
Flowers are deep pink, three-petaled flowers, appearing in summer. Clustered at the terminal leaf axils.
Fruit is small, inconspicuous capsule containing seeds.