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Acapulco Goldhybrid1 source
Atomic NLhybrid1 source · disputed
Holland NL #6hybrid1 source · disputed
Afghanihybrid4 sources · disputed
Skunkhybrid1 source · disputed
Afghanihybrid4 sources · disputed
Thaihybrid2 sources · disputed
NL #1hybrid2 sources · disputed
NL #2hybrid3 sources · disputed
NL #2hybrid3 sources · disputed
NL #5hybrid1 source · disputed

Parents

Sources name different parents — 5 versions recorded.

VERSION 1 · 2 SOURCES

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Shown first: tied on sources and confidence; the more-searched version is listed first.

Every version listed here was named by at least one published source. We don't declare a winner. The version named by the most different publishers is shown first, and source quality breaks ties. How we rate sources › Think a different version is right? Suggest a correction ›

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Northern Lights

aka northern light

Indica; Purest Indica; Unknown Northern Lights

Kush/Earth
3 back12 forward

Ancestor of 3542 strains

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Disputed lineage

At least one parent for this strain is contested — sources disagree on its lineage.

  • White Label's page also names "Northern Lights" as a co-parent; that name resolves to this strain itself and is not shown as a separate parent.
  • Genehtik Seeds and Carpathians Seeds all also name "Northern Lights" as a co-parent; that name resolves to this strain itself and is not shown as a separate parent.
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Children

Show all 41 children
Sour Dieselsativa3190 descendants
Bubba Kushhybrid342 descendants
N.Y.C. Dieselhybrid3219 descendants
ICEhybrid170 descendants
Supergluehybrid1 descendant
Tsunamihybrid1 descendant
Blueberry Blasthybrid1 descendant
Silver Hazehybrid168 descendants
Fruit Punchhybrid1 descendant
Big Budhybrid817 descendants
Super Skunkhybrid3231 descendants
Blue Jamhybrid0 descendants
Granddaddy Purplehybrid769 descendants
Pineapple Expresshybrid13 descendants
Papayahybrid44 descendants
Kush Mintshybrid151 descendants
Chem Dawghybrid3190 descendants
Black Icehybrid0 descendants
Headbandhybrid27 descendants
Super Silverhazehybrid164 descendants

3,522 more descendants

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Aroma profile

Aroma profile of Northern LightsStrongest: Earth, Herbaceous.typicalBright peel and juice: lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit. Often driven by limonene, the same compound that makes citrus rind smell like citrus rind.CitrusConfection rather than fruit: sugar, tropical brightness, an almost artificial sweetness. Ester-driven, and the register modern dessert-lineage breeding has pushed hardest.CandySweetnessDeep and jammy: grape, blueberry, plum, berry. Comes from esters rather than terpenes, which is why two strains can share a terpene profile and taste nothing alike.Dark FruitBlossom and petal: lavender, rose, violet. Linalool sits behind much of this; it is what makes lavender smell like lavender, and it turns up in cannabis more often than people expect.FloralGreen, leafy and cooling: sage, tea, mint, cracked pepper. Pinene and terpinolene drive the fresh green edge; the peppery bite is caryophyllene, the only terpene known to bind directly to a cannabinoid receptor.HerbaceousSoil, forest floor, bark and pine. Myrcene and humulene do most of the work here — humulene is the same compound that makes hops smell like hops.EarthSour, savory, barnyard: skunk, aged cheese, pungency. Like Gas, this is sulfur chemistry rather than terpenes, which is why it survives drying and curing so stubbornly.FunkFuel and solvent: diesel, chemical sharpness, ammonia. Not a terpene smell at all — the gassiness in cannabis comes from volatile sulfur compounds, the same family that gives skunk and garlic their punch.GasBakery and dairy: vanilla, butter, coffee, toasted nut. The Cookies and Gelato register, and the newest of the nine in cannabis terms — it barely existed before the 2010s.Dessert &Cream
What the axes mean
Citrus
Bright peel and juice: lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit. Often driven by limonene, the same compound that makes citrus rind smell like citrus rind.
Candy Sweetness
Confection rather than fruit: sugar, tropical brightness, an almost artificial sweetness. Ester-driven, and the register modern dessert-lineage breeding has pushed hardest.
Dark Fruit
Deep and jammy: grape, blueberry, plum, berry. Comes from esters rather than terpenes, which is why two strains can share a terpene profile and taste nothing alike.
Floral
Blossom and petal: lavender, rose, violet. Linalool sits behind much of this; it is what makes lavender smell like lavender, and it turns up in cannabis more often than people expect.
Herbaceous
Green, leafy and cooling: sage, tea, mint, cracked pepper. Pinene and terpinolene drive the fresh green edge; the peppery bite is caryophyllene, the only terpene known to bind directly to a cannabinoid receptor.
Earth
Soil, forest floor, bark and pine. Myrcene and humulene do most of the work here — humulene is the same compound that makes hops smell like hops.
Funk
Sour, savory, barnyard: skunk, aged cheese, pungency. Like Gas, this is sulfur chemistry rather than terpenes, which is why it survives drying and curing so stubbornly.
Gas
Fuel and solvent: diesel, chemical sharpness, ammonia. Not a terpene smell at all — the gassiness in cannabis comes from volatile sulfur compounds, the same family that gives skunk and garlic their punch.
Dessert & Cream
Bakery and dairy: vanilla, butter, coffee, toasted nut. The Cookies and Gelato register, and the newest of the nine in cannabis terms — it barely existed before the 2010s.

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3 sister strains

Super Silverhazehybridhalf sister164 descendantsBig Budhybridhalf sister817 descendantsHashPlanthybridhalf sister18 descendants