Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Hop Anatomy
- Cones
- Petal-like
structures
- Bracts
- look similar,
but without a
flower
- Bracteoles
- Seed/fruit develop in
a bracteole at each
flower's base
- Two per bract
- compared to
bracts, they are
- longer & narrower
at the tip
- brighter
yellow in color
- also called
strobiles
- Grow in clusters
on bines
- bines = hearty,
vine-like stalks
- Male & female flowers
grow on separate plants
- Only female cones
are used to brew
beer
- Rootstock
- Rhizomes
- Have buds
- Lower stem of
the plant
- grow
underground
- What hops are
usually planted to
grow from
- produce roots &
shoots from
their nodes
- True Roots
- Do not have buds
- can grow 15 feet deep or
more into the soil