Common name
English: Common hop
German: Echter Hopfen
Mandarin: 啤酒花 (pi jiu hua)
Portuguese: Lúpulo
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2713)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2216)
Order: Urticales (15)
Family: Cannabaceae (4)(family description)
Genus: Humulus (1)
Epithet: lupulus L. (1)
lupulus => from Latin lupus (wolf), because when it grows among willows, it strangles them by its light, climbing embraces, like a wolf among sheep
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow, white
External links
Check for Humulus lupulus at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1412] Humulus lupulus - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
- [1701] Humulus lupulus - Plants For A Future
- [1826] Humulus lupulus - Flora of China @ efloras.org