Humulus L.
Scandent perennials. Lvs opposite, 5-7-nerved from the base, cordate and undivided or 3-7-lobed, serrate. Infls pendulous; ♀ infl. spicate, cone-like at fruiting, with broad, membranous, persistent, laxly imbricate bracts. Achene covered by the persistent, often glandular calyx; embryo spirally involuted; cotyledons narrow.
3 spp., N. temperate. Naturalised sp. 1.
