PURPLEHAZE

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Purple Haze

Also listed as Purple Haze Auto

DisputedBalanced hybridType III β€” terpinolene/myrcene
Most-cited cross
Haze Γ— Purple Thai
Breeders on record
Fast Buds, North Atlantic Seed Co. (White Label), Oaseeds Genetics, Sensi Seeds
Median THC
21.9% Β· 116 tests
Total terpenes
1.45%

Commonly reported: euphoric, happy, uplifted, relaxed Β· tastes earthy, sweet

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Type labels are reported marketing/morphology labels, not chemistry. Basis: breeder ratio.

Genetics

Family tree

Purple Haze
  • Verified
  • Well-supported
  • Reported
  • Folklore
  • Disputed

Bred from Purple Haze

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Genetics

Lineage claims

  1. Haze Γ— Purple Thai

    Folklore

    Tier A dossier purple-haze

  2. Afghani Γ— Haze

    Folklore

    Tier A dossier purple-haze

  3. Haze Γ— Purple Thai

    Well-supported

    Stated by Blimburn Seeds, North Atlantic Seed Co. (White Label), Sensi Seeds

  4. Afghan Γ— Haze

    Reported

    Stated by G13 Labs

  5. Harlem Dreams Γ— Harlem Dreams

    Reported

    Stated by Piff Coast Farms

  6. Purple Caper Γ— Megalodon Haze

    Reported

    Stated by Purple Caper Seeds

Competing claims are shown side by side, never merged.

3 breeder versions (autoflowers, F2/S1/BX, remakes)
  • Fast Buds: Purple Lemonade Auto F6 Γ— Amnesia Haze Auto F5 (autoflower)
  • North Atlantic Seed Co. (White Label): Purple Haze Γ— Auto Purple (autoflower)
  • Fast Buds: Haze Γ— Purple Thai (autoflower)

Lab data

Cannabinoids

Cannabinoid medians for Purple Haze
  • THC21.9%n=116
  • CBG0.77%n=77
  • CBC0.05%n=45
  • THCV0.00%n=10
  • CBN0.00%n=21
  • CBD0.00%n=99

Bar = median; line = lowest to highest test. Public lab records; values vary by grower and lab.

Lab data

Terpenes

Terpene medians for Purple Haze
  • Limonene0.23%n=81
  • Ξ²-Caryophyllene0.17%n=81
  • Myrcene0.16%n=81
  • Ξ²-Pinene0.11%n=80
  • Linalool0.07%n=81
  • Ξ±-Pinene0.06%n=81
  • Humulene0.06%n=81
  • Ocimene0.06%n=13

Good for

Use cases

Use-case percentiles for Purple Haze
  • Creativity77th
  • Energy73th
  • Stress69th
  • Relaxation55th
  • Focus47th
  • Social45th
  • Pain41th
  • Clear-headed29th
  • Appetite17th
  • Sleep15th

Percentile vs. other strains, from user-reported effects plus lab terpenes. Terpene links to effects are hypotheses with weak evidence; faded bars are terpene-only.

Awards

πŸ† Cannabis cup record

  • #2

    Errl Cup 2025

    Pre-Roll Β· entered by JARS

    reported Β· source

  • #2

    HighLife Cup (Highlife Hemp Fair, Utrecht/Amsterdam) 2023

    Old Skool Β· entered by Gallery Colorado Utrecht

    reported Β· source

  • #3

    Jack Herer Cup 2023

    Best Sativa Flower Β· entered by Gallery Colorado

    reported Β· source

  • #3

    Jack Herer Cup 2023

    Best Sativa Flower Β· entered by Gallery Colorado

    reported Β· source

  • #3

    New Mexico Growers Cup / Legacy Cup NM 2022

    Sativa Flower Β· entered by Daniel Strings

    reported Β· source

  • #2

    HighLife Cup (Highlife Hemp Fair, Utrecht/Amsterdam) 2020

    Categorie K – Outdoor varieties Β· entered by Cremers uit Den Haag

    reported Β· source

Dossier

History & sources

1. Summary

"Purple Haze" is a name rather than a documented cultivar. It comes from Jimi Hendrix's 1967 song and was also a name for LSD. High Times' 1986–1988 reader price surveys list "purple haze" only as LSD, and a full-text search of High Times issues 1984–1989 found no cannabis strain of that name.1 The modern claim that it is Haze Γ— Purple Thai is folklore: no breeder, date or primary source has been found.23 Alternative versions (an Afghani phenotype Γ— Haze; Purple Thai Γ— Super Silver Haze) are equally unsourced.3 One Santa Cruz account says the magenta "Rootbeer" phenotype of Original Haze was what "the rest of the world knew as 'purple haze'" (reported).4

2. Identity

  • Aliases: Purple Haze #1. Many unrelated seed-company "Purple Haze" lines exist.
  • Type: marketed as a sativa.
  • Breeder: unknown.
  • Era: the name dates from 1967; its use as a strain name is undocumented before modern catalogues.

3. Genetics & lineage claims

  • 3a. Haze Γ— Purple Thai β€” folklore.23
  • 3b. Afghani phenotype Γ— Haze, or Purple Thai Γ— SSH β€” folklore.3
  • 3c. The magenta phenotype of Original Haze β€” reported.4

4. Timeline

  • 1967 β€” Hendrix, "Purple Haze".5
  • 1986–1988 β€” "Purple haze" appears as LSD in High Times price surveys.1
  • 1990s onward β€” Seed-catalogue cannabis lines under the name (first date unverified).
  • 2014–2017 β€” WA tests (n=170), including 28 tests of "Pickens Mtn. Purple Haze".

5. Notable cuts / phenotypes / remakes

These are unrelated commercial lines, for example United Cannabis Seeds and Zamnesia (listed by aggregators), plus a WA producer cut, "Pickens Mtn".3

6. Historical descriptions by era

No dated pre-2000 cannabis descriptions were found.

7. Cannabinoid & terpene profile

LabelMeasurenSource
Smith 2022THC mean 17.5%; myrcene-dominant 8/13, caryophyllene 4/13100 (13 with terpenes)Smith 2022 data
WA I-502THC mean 17.7%170WA I-502

The myrcene-led profile differs from the terpinolene-led Haze labels. That is consistent with the name being applied to unrelated plants. Strain names are not reliable chemotype identifiers.

8. Community sentiment

No consumer review corpus could be accessed: Leafly returned 403 and Reddit was not sampled. The recurring themes are the iconic, nostalgic name (common) and uncertainty about what it actually is (occasional). Overall score: withheld.

9. Open questions

  • The earliest seed-catalogue use of the name (1990s catalogues were not checked).
  • Any breeder claiming to have made the original.

10. Sources

Lab: src-chem-smith2022-data, src-chem-wa-i502-jikomes2018.

Footnotes

  1. High Times Trans-High Market price surveys, Aug 1986 (No. 132), Sep 1986 (No. 133), Sep 1988 (No. 157), Oct 1988 (No. 158); full-text search of Nos. 100–172. https://archive.org/details/high-times-magazine-1980s_202401 β€” news. ↩ ↩2

  2. Dispensary 33, "Purple Haze". https://dispensary33.com/cannabis/flower/bedford_grow/purple-haze β€” secondary_database β€” unverified_url: true. ↩ ↩2

  3. Joint Commerce, "Purple Haze strain guide". https://www.jointcommerce.com/blog/purple-haze-strain-a-comprehensive-strain-guide β€” secondary_database β€” unverified_url: true. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  4. BigHerb, "The True Origins of Haze", THCFarmer, 2011-11-15. https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/the-true-origins-of-haze.42427/ β€” forum_post. ↩ ↩2

  5. Weedmaps, "Purple Haze". https://weedmaps.com/strains/purple-haze β€” secondary_database β€” unverified_url: true. ↩