Procris repens is a small herbaceous perennial from the humid forests of Southeast Asia, grown almost entirely for its striking foliage. The oval leaves carry a silver or gray sheen over a deep green base, giving them a satiny quality that earns it the name Satin Pellionia. It grows only 6 inches tall but spreads to 2 feet, rooting where its stems contact the soil, which makes it an effective low ground cover in tropical climates and a natural for hanging baskets indoors.

It thrives in bright indirect light with consistently moist soil and a humid atmosphere, conditions that a bathroom or terrarium provides naturally. Reduce watering slightly from fall through late winter. Good drainage is essential. Stems can be pinched to keep the plant compact, and new plants root easily from cuttings placed in moist soil. The flowers, when they appear at all on indoor specimens, are small, green, and inconspicuous — this plant is grown for the leaves alone.