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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Vine

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Purple

Distribution

USA: CT , DE , ID , IL , IN , IA , KS , KY , ME , MD , MA , MI , MN , MT , NE , NH , NJ , NY , NC , ND , OH , PA , RI , SC , SD , TN , UT , VT , VA , WV , WI , WY
Canada: NB , NL , NS , PE
USDA Native Status: L48(N), CAN(N)

Benefit

Use Food: EDIBLE PARTS: Extracts of fruit bracts used to flavour beer. (Poisonous Plants of N.C.)
Warning: POISONOUS PARTS: Leaves, flowers, pollen. Skin irritation upon contact. Toxic principle: Volative oils and bitter acids. (Poisonous Plants of N.C.)
Attracts: Butterflies
Larval Host: Question Mark, Red Admiral

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)

Humulus lupulus var. lupuloides is a larval host and/or nectar source for:

Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis) Larval Host Learn more at BAMONA

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) Larval Host Learn more at BAMONA

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Bibliography

Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America (2005) Covell, C.V., Jr.
Field Guide to Western Butterflies (Peterson Field Guides) (1999) Opler, P.A. and A.B. Wright

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Recommended Species Lists

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Additional resources

USDA: Find Humulus lupulus var. lupuloides in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Humulus lupulus var. lupuloides in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Humulus lupulus var. lupuloides