Status
Conservation status
Not protected
Native status
Neophyte
Species Biology
Habitat
Hedges, roadsides and near houses
Life cycle
Perennial
Ex-situ conservation
Not known
Use
Food crop
Vegetative nature
Herbaceous
Distribution
World distribution(GBIF)
Temporal change
Records submitted to Data Centre in 2024
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Further information
A relic of cultivation. Female plants were formally cultivated as the male plant was prohibited in Ireland under the Noxious Weeds Order 1965. Used in beer making to add the characteristic bitter flavour of many beers and for its preserving qualities.