This herbaceous perennial climber has a rhizome with clockwise twinning reddish-green rough stems. It has light green lobed, toothed leaves and the small male and pendant greenish female flowers appear in a spike on different plants  during summer.

Hardiness zones 5 to 9

Humulus lupulus is naturally found from North America to Europe but has naturalised in New Zealand and Tasmania, Australia. It grows in a moderately fertile well-drained sandy to clay loam with reliable moisture in a sunny to semi shaded open position and is drought tender but frost tolerant.

Common Hop is a twinning vine that is grown for its pendant flowers and dense cover. It is grown on trellises or over fences and structures for screening or for shade. It establishes in one season from seed and is commonly found growing along roadsides and in disturbed soils. In some regions it is regarded as a weed and it is also grown commercially as a preservative in beer. ID 1533

Note:
The female flower is used in the brewing of beer giving it a bitter taste while preserving it and is also used for flavouring food. It has medicinal uses as a tonic, diuretic and sedative.

Humulus (HUM-uh-lus) lupulus (lup-OO-lus)

Cannabidaceae (KAN-ah-bee-AY-see-ee)