| Description | A fast perennial vine that produces a catkin like structure is used to flavor beer. |
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| Pronunciation | (HU-mu-lus)(loo-PU-lus) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Vines |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full, partial shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | dioecious (male and female flowers separate plants), chartreuse axillary spike, apetulous |
| Fruit | achene found in a strobiles (scaly cones) |
| Leaves | green, opposite, 3-5 lobes, cordate base |
| Stems | twining stem, rhizomatous, dies back to the ground each year |
| Dimensions | up to 30 feet or more |
| Propagation | greenwood leaf bud cuttings in mid summer, seeds, rhizomes |
| Native Site | Native to Europe and western Asia |
| Misc Facts | The strobiles (scaly cones) on the female plant produce "lupulin" which is used to flavor beer. Humulus is derived from old German or Slav humela (hop), or from Latin humi (ground, soil, earth) with reference to an occasional prostrate habit.(www.plantlives.com) |
| Notes & Reference | #62-Manual of Climbers and Wall Plants (J K Burras, Mark Griffiths), #145-Plant Lives, (Sue Eland) www.plantlives.com |
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