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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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69 entries (page 1 of 2). 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.

  • Happy Face

    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...

  • Hardcore OG

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Identification of Terpenoid Chemotypes Among High (-)-trans-delta9-Tetrahydrocannabinol-Producing Cannabis sativa L. Cultivars (Fischedick). Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, 2017; PMID 28861503; ...

    Naming note: Printed as "Hardcore Og" in the paper (capitalisation)

  • Harlequin

    Profile with sources

    Retail label:
    Sativa (retail label)
    Dominance:
    CBD-dominant
    Data:
    Identity and reported lineage (21 cannabinoid, 24 terpene)
  • Hash Passion

    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...

  • Hash Plant

    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.

  • Hashburger

    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.

  • Hawaiian

    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). | Genetic tools weed out misconceptions of stra...

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

  • Hawaiian Blue

    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 regional (natural) variety.

  • Hawaiian Goo

    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...

  • Hawaiian Haze

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in:

    Naming note: Hemp-type (under 0.3% THC) cultivar name exactly as printed in the University of Vermont Extension trial report; not confirmed to be the same plant material as any similarly named drug-type cultivar.

  • Hawaiian Indica

    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...

  • Hawaiian Skunk

    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...

  • Hawaiian Snow

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Wikipedia contributors, Cannabis Cup, past-winners lists. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Read 2026-10-22. Only strain/flower categories used (not hash, products, glass, booths). | The Genetic Structure ...

  • Hawaiian Webbed Indica

    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.

  • Haze

    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, Cannabis Cup: overall and category...

    Naming note: Generic family name; Wikidata gives it as an alias of Purple Haze, other sources treat it separately.

  • Haze 2.0 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.

  • Haze Gom

    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.

  • Haze XXL 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.

  • Head Band Kush

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Wikipedia contributors, Cannabis Cup, past-winners lists. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Read 2026-10-22. Only strain/flower categories used (not hash, products, glass, booths). | Wikipedia, Cannabis Cu...

  • Headband

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Identification of Terpenoid Chemotypes Among High (-)-trans-delta9-Tetrahydrocannabinol-Producing Cannabis sativa L. Cultivars (Fischedick). Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, 2017; PMID 28861503; ...

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

  • Headbangar

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Wikipedia contributors, Cannabis Cup, past-winners lists. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Read 2026-10-22. Only strain/flower categories used (not hash, products, glass, booths). | Wikipedia, Cannabis Cu...

  • headcheese

    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.

  • Helena

    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).

  • Hemlock

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Accumulation of bioactive metabolites in cultivated medical Cannabis (Richins et al.). PLoS ONE, 2018; PMID 30036388; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0201119. Names from Tables 3 and 4 and S1 Table (xlsx,...

  • Hemp Kush

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in:

    Naming note: Hemp-type (under 0.3% THC) cultivar name exactly as printed in the University of Vermont Extension trial report; not confirmed to be the same plant material as any similarly named drug-type cultivar.

  • Hempstar

    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...

  • Henola

    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); 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); Hemp grain/dual-purpose variety evaluated in the University of Vermont Extension 2023 industrial grain hemp variety trial; Hemp variety evaluated in the University of Maryland 2020 dual-purpose industrial hemp trial; Hemp fiber variety named in the University of Nevada, Reno Extension fiber variety evaluation SP-25-01 (2022-2023); Hemp variety evaluated in the Oregon State University Extension EM 9434 stem and fiber yield trial (2022).

  • Herijuana

    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.

  • HG Cheese

    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.

  • HG Cheese 2

    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.

  • High Density 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.

  • High Fructose Corn Syrup

    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.

  • High Octane

    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.

  • Highland Oaxacan gold

    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 regional (natural) variety.

  • Highribo

    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.

  • Hijack 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.

  • Himalayan Gold

    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...

  • Hindu Kush

    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). | A single nucleotide polymorphism assay sheds ...

    Naming note: Wikidata treats Hindu Kush as an alias of Kush (family); other sources treat it as a separate strain.

  • Hindu 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.

  • Hippie Crippler

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Weedmaps, 2023 Emerald Cup winners: flower categories. Read 2026-10-22.

  • Hlesia

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: University of Maryland Extension, 2020 Dual Purpose Industrial Hemp Trials. Read 2026-10-22.

    Naming note: Cannabis/hemp cultivar name. Registry context: Hemp variety evaluated in the University of Maryland 2020 dual-purpose industrial hemp trial. NAMING FLAG: UMD trial wrote 'Hlesia (Glesia)'; possibly the registry variety Glecia (not confirmed).

  • Hliana

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: University of Maryland Extension, 2020 Dual Purpose Industrial Hemp Trials. Read 2026-10-22.

    Naming note: Cannabis/hemp cultivar name. Registry context: Hemp variety evaluated in the University of Maryland 2020 dual-purpose industrial hemp trial; Hemp fiber variety named in the University of Nevada, Reno Extension fiber variety evaluation SP-25-01 (2022-2023). NAMING FLAG: UMD/UNR trial reports wrote 'Hliana (Giliana)'; possibly the registry variety Gliana (not confirmed).

  • Hlukhovskii 51

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: University of Maryland Extension, 2020 Dual Purpose Industrial Hemp Trials. Read 2026-10-22.

    Naming note: Cannabis/hemp cultivar name. Registry context: Hemp variety evaluated in the University of Maryland 2020 dual-purpose industrial hemp trial.

  • Hog

    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...

  • Hogs Breath

    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.

  • Holland's Hope

    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.

  • Holy Grail

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: A single nucleotide polymorphism assay sheds light on the extent and distribution of genetic diversity, population structure and functional basis of key traits in cultivated north American cannabis...

  • Holy Moly!

    Listed name, no profile yet

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

  • Holy Power

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Accumulation of bioactive metabolites in cultivated medical Cannabis (Richins et al.). PLoS ONE, 2018; PMID 30036388; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0201119. Names from Tables 3 and 4 and S1 Table (xlsx,...

  • Homegrown Lowryder

    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.

  • Homegrown Lowryder 2

    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.

  • Honey Bee

    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...

  • Honey Dew

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: Weedmaps, 2023 Emerald Cup winners: flower categories. Read 2026-10-22.

  • Honey Peach CBD

    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.

  • Honolulu Haze

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in:

    Naming note: Hemp-type (under 0.3% THC) cultivar name exactly as printed in the University of Vermont Extension trial report; not confirmed to be the same plant material as any similarly named drug-type cultivar.

  • Hot Blonde

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in:

    Naming note: Hemp-type (under 0.3% THC) cultivar name exactly as printed in the University of Vermont Extension trial report; not confirmed to be the same plant material as any similarly named drug-type cultivar.

  • Hot Mess

    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.

  • HP13

    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.

  • Hulkberry

    Listed name, no profile yet

    Name documented in: UPOV, TG/276/2 Hemp, Cannabis - Test Guidelines (2025-08-26). Read 2026-10-22.

    Naming note: Cannabis/hemp cultivar name. Registry context: Example variety named in the UPOV Test Guidelines for Hemp, Cannabis (TG/276/2, 2025); variety type HV.

  • Humboldt Select

    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...

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.