| Description | A perennial vine that dies back to the ground each year. Good to brighten up areas of the garden. Reported not to be as rampart as the straight species plant. |
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| Pronunciation | (HU-mu-lus)(loo-PU-lus) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Vines |
| Hardiness Zone | (4)5 |
| Sunlight | full. mostly sunny, partial shade |
| Moisture | aveage |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Fruit | strobiles (scaly cones) |
| Leaves | yellow, yellow-green, opposite, 3-5 lobes, cordate base, may burn in full sun |
| Stems | rhizomes, above ground stem dies each year, twinning stem |
| Dimensions | 15-30 feet in one growing season, twinning vine |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Cultivar Origin | Discovered by Dr. Al Haunold as a seedling at the USDA Research Farm in Corvallis Oregon (USA) in 1990. |
| Misc Facts | The strobiles (scaly cones) on the female plant produce "lupulin" which is used to flavor beer. |
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