Humulus lupulus (Common Hops) - photos and description
Male flowers in above photo.
Male flowers beginning to open in above photo.
Male flowers in above photo.
Female flowers in above photo.
Female flowers in above photo.
Fruiting heads in the above photo.
Fruiting heads in the above photo.
General: Perennial vine native to woodlands. Stems and petioles rough hairy (feel like sandpaper to touch) with short, reflexed hairs.
Flowers: Flowers of each sex on separate plants. Male flowers in panicles from leaf axils, greenish, we measured a male flower at 5 mm diameter. Female flowers in cone like heads from leaf axils, with imbricated bracts, greenish in colour. We measured a female flower at 17 mm long.
Fruit: Fruiting heads are conelike, pendulous, egg-shaped to oblong, pale green, we measured a fruiting head at 5 cm long by 3 cm wide.
Leaves: Leaves are opposite, with serrate margins and cordate bases, mostly three-lobed. Leaf undersides with yellow, glandular spots. Leaves dark green above, light green below. Leaves with very small hairs on their margins, otherwise glabrous. We measured a leaf at 11.5 cm wide and 10.5 cm in length.
Height: Length of vines listed to 6 m long in Budd's Flora.
Habitat: Moist woods in the parklands and boreal forest.
Abundance: Common.
Origin: Native.
When and where photographed: Photos taken July 27th and August 9th, in aspen woods, at the Crooked Lake Fen sanctuary, Qu'Appelle Valley, about 150 km east of our home in Regina, SK.