Cultivar

Cultivar refers to a specific variety or cultivated strain of cannabis that has been intentionally bred and selected.

Cannabis cultivars exhibit distinctive properties and cannabinoid/terpene profiles.

What is a cultivar?

A cannabis cultivar is essentially a cultivated variety of marijuana bred for certain desirable traits like appearance, aroma, effects, or growing attributes.

Breeders selectively crossbreed existing strains to develop new cultivars with unique characteristics.

Each cultivar, whether it’s a pure strain or hybrid, will have its own cannabinoid and terpene content that gives it distinctive effects.

For example, the Blue Dream and Sour Diesel cultivars have very different cannabinoid/terpene ratios that produce different experiences when consumed.

Cannabis cultivars for medical, recreational, and industrial usage number in the thousands. Famous brands include OG Kush, Girl Scout Cookies, Gorilla Glue, Northern Lights, Jack Herer, and Charlotte’s Web.

Always breeding new varieties. Breeders seek to establish stable, repeatable breeds with desired traits. As the market evolves, cannabis cultivar nomenclature and paperwork have gotten stricter.