The first specimens where collected in
Caldas, Colombia.
Peperomia sneidernii is an erect to decumbent herb that roots at the base, reaching up to 8 cm tall. The
stem is 1 mm in diameter, unbranched, smooth and
hairless, with internodes 3–4 cm long above, lengthening to 12 cm below. The
leaves are arranged in whorls of 5 to 8, somewhat fleshy, linear-oblong to lanceolate, up to 3.5 cm broad and 16 cm long, with 5 main veins, the
midrib forking in the lower 2–4 cm, and long-tapering apices. The base is wedge-shaped and essentially
sessile or with a blade forming wings along a very short stalk. The upper surface is smooth with scattered glandular dots, while the underside is densely covered with fine white hairs when young, becoming hairless with age, and marked with impressed glandular dots. The terminal and axillary
spikes are up to 10 cm long and 3 mm thick, densely flowered, on
peduncles reaching 3.5 cm. The smooth, hairless
rachis has
bracts about 6 mm broad. The filaments are longer than the ellipsoid
anthers, and the
ovary is top-shaped with a
stigma that is apical, inconspicuous, and divided. ==Taxonomy and Naming==