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Cannabis Cultivar Directory (Commonly Called Strains)

A directory of named cannabis cultivars, commonly called strains, with documented identity, reported lineage and laboratory data kept separate, and no invented percentages.

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What this directory is

This is a directory of named cannabis cultivars, which many people call strains. Each entry keeps four kinds of information apart: the name and its aliases, reported lineage, the retail label (indica, sativa or hybrid), and measured laboratory values. Each cultivar page then adds what research does and does not show.

What it does not do

It does not give a typical THC or CBD percentage for any cultivar, because a laboratory result describes one sample or one dataset and composition varies between batches. It does not treat a retail label, a lineage story or a cultivar name as proof of genetics, potency or effects. It lists no products, sellers or prices, and it sells nothing.

How to read an entry

Read How Cultivar Profiles Work first. A row of data is shown only when a source we could read supports it, with its sample or batch, laboratory, test date and method when those were stated. If an entry says no laboratory measurements are documented, that is exactly what we found, and it is not a statement that the cultivar is weak, mild or unremarkable. For names, aliases and naming conflicts see Cultivar Names, Aliases and Naming Conflicts, and for how to weigh ancestry claims see Lineage Claims and Breeder Attribution.

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Indica vs Sativa vs Hybrid, Cultivar Names vs Laboratory Profiles, How to Read a Cannabis Certificate of Analysis and Cannabis Impairment and Driving.

Browse cultivars

26 cultivars have a published profile with sources. 1995 more are listed names: each shows only the name, any aliases, and the source that documents the name, with no profile and no data yet. A listed name is not a statement about its genetics, potency or effects.

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189 entries (page 1 of 4). There is no potency filter because comparable, clearly contextualized data does not exist. Retail labels are marketing categories, not measurements. The directory is not complete: thousands of names exist, and it grows only as names can be verified.

  • C-4

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

  • C4 Matic

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia in the Ruderalis/autoflowering section.

  • C7

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Beyond delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol: chemical differentiation of cannabis varieties applying targeted and untargeted analysis (Monti et al.). Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, ...

  • C7 × Thai

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Beyond delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol: chemical differentiation of cannabis varieties applying targeted and untargeted analysis (Monti et al.). Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, ...

    Naming note: Cross named in the paper by its parents

  • Cadillac Rainbows

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Leafly, 2024's cannabis award winners and where to buy them: flower winners of many regional cups. Read 2026-10-22.

  • Caesar's Salad

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia as a clone-only line. Alternate names on the same line of the French list.

  • Cafe Girl

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia as a clone-only line.

  • Cake N' Chem

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in:

    Naming note: Maryland: matched where the source's strain_name field equals this name after ignoring case and punctuation (no other changes); names containing extra words (other cultivar names, brands, crosses) were NOT merged.

  • Calamity Jane Auto

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia in the Ruderalis/autoflowering section.

  • Cali Berry

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Identification of a New Family of Prenylated Volatile Sulfur Compounds in Cannabis Revealed by Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography (Oswald et al.). ACS Omega, 2021; PMID 34869990; DOI ...

  • Cali Bubba

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Leafly, 2024's cannabis award winners and where to buy them: flower winners of many regional cups. Read 2026-10-22.

  • Cali-O Sativa

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia as a clone-only line.

  • California Big Bud

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia as a clone-only line.

  • California Dream

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia as a clone-only line.

  • California Orange

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Also called: Cali-O

    Name documented in: Wikipedia contributors, Nevil Schoenmakers. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Read 2026-10-22.

    Naming note: Alternate names on the same line of the French list.

  • California White Tomogoh

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

  • Californian Snow

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia in the Ruderalis/autoflowering section.

  • Cambodian red

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Wikipedia contributors, List of names for cannabis, section "Names for cannabis strains". Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Read 2026-10-22 (via action=raw). | Wikipedia, List of cannabis strains: strains ...

    Naming note: Described as a traditional heirloom strain (regional type).

  • Camel Rider Kush 2k16

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

  • Canda

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Health Canada, List of Approved Cultivars for the 2026 growing season: Industrial hemp varieties approved for commercial production. Read 2026-10-22. Page text read through the fetch tool's summary...

    Naming note: Cannabis/hemp cultivar name. Registry context: Industrial hemp cultivar on the Health Canada List of Approved Cultivars (2026 growing season); Industrial hemp cultivar on the Health Canada List of Approved Cultivars (2012 growing season, historical).

  • Candlestick Kush

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

  • Candy Fumez

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Leafly, 2024's cannabis award winners and where to buy them: flower winners of many regional cups. Read 2026-10-22.

  • Candy Kush Auto

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia in the Ruderalis/autoflowering section.

  • Candy Land

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in:

    Naming note: Nevada: matched where the source's product_name field equals this name after ignoring case and punctuation (plus removal of words such as flower/test batch/bulk); names containing extra words (other cultivar names, brands, crosses) were NOT merged.

  • Candy Rain

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Leafly, Cannabis Cup winners 2022 (all): flower winners. Read 2026-10-22.

  • CanMa

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Health Canada, List of Approved Cultivars for the 2026 growing season: Industrial hemp varieties approved for commercial production. Read 2026-10-22. Page text read through the fetch tool's summary...

    Naming note: Cannabis/hemp cultivar name. Registry context: Industrial hemp cultivar on the Health Canada List of Approved Cultivars (2026 growing season); Industrial hemp cultivar on the Health Canada List of Approved Cultivars (2012 growing season, historical).

  • Canna Country #26

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: MG Retailer, The Emerald Cup announces 2021 award winners: flower categories. Read 2026-10-22.

  • Cannakomp

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), Hennep GLB 2026 - Toegestane henneprassen. Read 2026-10-22.

    Naming note: Cannabis/hemp cultivar name. Registry context: Hemp variety on the Dutch RVO list of permitted hemp varieties for 2026 (EU Common Catalogue varieties eligible for CAP support); Hemp variety on the Dutch RVO list of permitted hemp varieties for 2025; Hemp variety on the Dutch RVO list of permitted hemp varieties for 2024; Hemp variety in the EU Common Catalogue as of 15 March 2026 (list republished by WIBank Hessen for CAP direct payments).

  • Cannatonic

    Profile with sources

    Also called: CBD Queen

    Retail label:
    Hybrid (retail label)
    Dominance:
    CBD-dominant
    Data:
    Identity and reported lineage (19 cannabinoid, 8 terpene)
  • Cap Junky

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Leafly, 2024's cannabis award winners and where to buy them: flower winners of many regional cups. Read 2026-10-22.

  • Caps Frozen Lemons

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in:

    Naming note: Maryland: matched where the source's strain_name field equals this name after ignoring case and punctuation (no other changes); names containing extra words (other cultivar names, brands, crosses) were NOT merged.

  • CAPT

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in:

    Naming note: Maryland: matched where the source's strain_name field equals this name after ignoring case and punctuation (no other changes); names containing extra words (other cultivar names, brands, crosses) were NOT merged.

  • Caramel Auto

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia in the Ruderalis/autoflowering section.

  • Caramella Auto

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia in the Ruderalis/autoflowering section.

  • Carma

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), Hennep GLB 2026 - Toegestane henneprassen. Read 2026-10-22.

    Naming note: Cannabis/hemp cultivar name. Registry context: Hemp variety on the Dutch RVO list of permitted hemp varieties for 2026 (EU Common Catalogue varieties eligible for CAP support); Hemp variety on the Dutch RVO list of permitted hemp varieties for 2025; Hemp variety on the Dutch RVO list of permitted hemp varieties for 2024; Hemp variety in the EU Common Catalogue as of 15 March 2026 (list republished by WIBank Hessen for CAP direct payments).

  • Carmagnola

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Genomic Evidence That Governmentally Produced Cannabis sativa Poorly Represents Genetic Variation Available in State Markets (Vergara et al.). Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021; PMID 34594346; DOI 1...

    Naming note: Industrial hemp cultivar (class "Hemp" in the paper)

  • Carmaleonte

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), Hennep GLB 2026 - Toegestane henneprassen. Read 2026-10-22.

    Naming note: Cannabis/hemp cultivar name. Registry context: Hemp variety on the Dutch RVO list of permitted hemp varieties for 2026 (EU Common Catalogue varieties eligible for CAP support); Hemp variety on the Dutch RVO list of permitted hemp varieties for 2025; Hemp variety on the Dutch RVO list of permitted hemp varieties for 2024; Hemp variety in the EU Common Catalogue as of 15 March 2026 (list republished by WIBank Hessen for CAP direct payments).

  • Carmanova

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), Hennep GLB 2026 - Toegestane henneprassen. Read 2026-10-22.

    Naming note: Cannabis/hemp cultivar name. Registry context: Hemp variety on the Dutch RVO list of permitted hemp varieties for 2026 (EU Common Catalogue varieties eligible for CAP support); Hemp variety in the EU Common Catalogue as of 15 March 2026 (list republished by WIBank Hessen for CAP direct payments).

  • Carmen

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Health Canada, List of Approved Cultivars for the 2026 growing season: Industrial hemp varieties approved for commercial production. Read 2026-10-22. Page text read through the fetch tool's summary...

    Naming note: Cannabis/hemp cultivar name. Registry context: Industrial hemp cultivar on the Health Canada List of Approved Cultivars (2026 growing season); Industrial hemp cultivar on the Health Canada List of Approved Cultivars (2012 growing season, historical).

  • Carmenecta

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: University of Vermont Extension, 2023 Industrial Grain Hemp Variety Trial. Read 2026-10-22.

    Naming note: Cannabis/hemp cultivar name. Registry context: Hemp grain/dual-purpose variety evaluated in the University of Vermont Extension 2023 industrial grain hemp variety trial; Hemp fiber variety evaluated in the University of Vermont Extension 2023 industrial hemp fiber variety trial; Hemp fiber variety named in the University of Nevada, Reno Extension fiber variety evaluation SP-25-01 (2022-2023).

  • Carnival

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

  • Carolina Dream

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Correlations among morphological and biochemical traits in high-cannabidiol hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) (Stack et al.). Plant Direct, 2023; PMID 37347078; DOI 10.1002/pld3.503. Hemp (high-CBD) cultiv...

    Naming note: Industrial hemp cultivar (high-CBD)

  • Catpiss

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia as a clone-only line.

  • CBD Charlotte's Angel

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia in the Ruderalis/autoflowering section.

  • CBD Compassion Lime

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia in the Ruderalis/autoflowering section.

  • CBD Crack Auto

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia in the Ruderalis/autoflowering section.

  • CBD Critical Mass

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Wikipedia contributors, Scott Blakey. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Read 2026-10-22. | Development and validation of a minimal SNP genotyping panel for the differentiation of Cannabis sativa cultivars ...

  • CBD Fix Auto

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia in the Ruderalis/autoflowering section.

  • CBD GodBud

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Development and validation of a minimal SNP genotyping panel for the differentiation of Cannabis sativa cultivars (Cull et al.). BMC Genomics, 2025; PMID 39875833; DOI 10.1186/s12864-025-11263-z. R...

    Naming note: Licensed-producer cultivar (Canada); sample name as given by the producer

  • CBD Hammer Shark

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

  • CBD Heaven

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), Hennep GLB 2026 - Toegestane henneprassen. Read 2026-10-22.

    Naming note: Cannabis/hemp cultivar name. Registry context: Hemp variety on the Dutch RVO list of permitted hemp varieties for 2026 (EU Common Catalogue varieties eligible for CAP support); Hemp variety in the EU Common Catalogue as of 15 March 2026 (list republished by WIBank Hessen for CAP direct payments).

  • CBD Lemon Portion Auto

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia in the Ruderalis/autoflowering section.

  • CBD MedGom Auto

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia in the Ruderalis/autoflowering section.

  • CBD Rene

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Wikipedia, Cannabis Cup: overall and category flower winners/entries 1988-2014. Read 2026-10-22.

  • CBD Shark

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: The Genetic Structure of Marijuana and Hemp. PLoS ONE, 2015; PMID 26308334; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0133292. Names read from S2 Table (sample names of genotyped marijuana strains): https://journal...

    Naming note: Licensed-producer cultivar (Canada); sample name as given by the producer

  • CBD Shark Shock

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Wikipedia contributors, Scott Blakey. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Read 2026-10-22.

  • CBD Skunk Haze

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Wikipedia contributors, Scott Blakey. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Read 2026-10-22.

  • CBD Therapy

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Wikipedia contributors, Scott Blakey. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Read 2026-10-22. | Hermaphroditism in Marijuana (Cannabis sativa L.) Inflorescences - Impact on Floral Morphology, Seed Formation, Pr...

  • CBD White Widow

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Contributeurs de Wikipedia, Liste des lignées de cannabis (French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; the page itself is tagged "à sourcer", i.e. unsourced). Read 2026-10-22. Lowest-confidence source: names o...

    Naming note: Listed on French Wikipedia in the Ruderalis/autoflowering section.

  • CBD Yummy

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Wikipedia contributors, Scott Blakey. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Read 2026-10-22. | Development and validation of a minimal SNP genotyping panel for the differentiation of Cannabis sativa cultivars ...

Frequently asked questions

Why are some cultivars missing?

Only cultivars with enough readable, citable sources are published. Others stay in draft until their identity and lineage claims can be supported.

Why is there no potency filter?

Laboratory results describe a single sample or dataset, and they are not comparable across sources. A filter would imply a ranking that the data cannot support.

Does a cultivar name tell me what a product contains?

No. Names are not regulated in a consistent way, and the same name can describe different plants and different batches. Only a laboratory report for the specific batch describes that batch.

Are these cultivars recommended for any condition?

No. Nothing here recommends a cultivar for a symptom or condition. Personal descriptions are labeled as anecdotes, and research is described separately.

Education, not medical advice. This page is for general information. It does not diagnose or treat any condition and is not a substitute for care from a qualified health professional. Natural does not automatically mean safe. Ask a clinician or pharmacist before changing your care, especially if you take medication, are pregnant or breastfeeding, or have a health condition.