Humulus lupulus var. cordifolius / Karahanasou

Wild plants in and around Shimane 島根とその周辺の野生植物
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Humulus lupulus var. cordifolius / Karahanasou カラハナソウ
Bloom time: August-September

Family:	Cannabaceae / Asaka		Species in the genus Humulus:
			Humulus japonicus / Kanamugura Humulus lupulus var. cordifolius / Karahanasou
		Humulus lupulus var. cordifolius / Karahanasou カラハナソウ

Humulus lupulus var. cordifolius is a vine perennial that grows in dry grounds, with downward hairs and hooked prickles stems and leaves. Leaves are of opposite phyllotaxis, in an orbicular-ovate shape, occasionally cleft in three, 5-12cm long, with coarse serrations on margins. Dioecious: male flowers, light yellow, set themselves many in panicles, and female ones are spherical spike-like orbicular-ovate, the flowers two each are inside bracts. Bloom time: August-September.

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