Northern Lights
Marketed as indica. That label describes how it is sold, not its chemistry — the research is clear that it does not predict much.
Also sold as NL.
Across 280 laboratory results, Northern Lights tested between 12.6% and 21.2% THC, with a median of 16.0%. Most sites print a single number here. The spread is the more useful fact.
Laboratory chemistry
Every figure is a median across real lab results, with the middle 80% of those results beside it. A wide range means the same name tested very differently batch to batch.
| Cannabinoid | Median | Middle 80% | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| THC | 16.0% | 12.6% to 21.2% | 280 2 sources / below typical |
| CBD | 0.05% | 0.00% to 0.24% | 89 2 sources / about typical |
| CBG | 0.62% | 0.24% to 1.31% | 256 2 sources / about typical |
| CBN | 0.00% | 0.00% to 0.04% | 113 2 sources / about typical |
| CBC | 0.04% | 0.00% to 0.12% | 120 2 sources / about typical |
| THCV | 0.00% | 0.00% to 0.19% | 64 2 sources / about typical |
| Terpene | Median | Middle 80% | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myrcene | 0.41% | 0.16% to 0.87% | 78 2 sources / about typical |
| Limonene | 0.17% | 0.04% to 0.36% | 78 2 sources / about typical |
| Caryophyllene | 0.24% | 0.07% to 0.55% | 78 2 sources / about typical |
| Terpinolene | 0.01% | 0.00% to 0.50% | 78 2 sources / about typical |
| Pinene | 0.14% | 0.06% to 0.46% | 78 2 sources / about typical |
| Linalool | 0.06% | 0.01% to 0.19% | 78 2 sources / about typical |
| Humulene | 0.08% | 0.01% to 0.18% | 78 2 sources / below typical |
| Ocimene | 0.01% | 0.00% to 0.14% | 76 / about typical |
| Bisabolol | 0.01% | 0.00% to 0.10% | 77 2 sources / below typical |
| Nerolidol | 0.01% | 0.00% to 0.07% | 77 2 sources / about typical |
Reported genetics
Afghani × Thai
disputed · bred by Neville Schoenmakers / Sensi Seeds
Origin is partly folklore and sources say so. Whether the original plants were pure Afghani or already Afghani x Thai is not settled, and the originating grower has never been publicly identified. NL #1 and #5 are phenotype selections from one seed group, not separate crosses.
Source: seedfinder.eu
What this page does not tell you
- Whether the jar in your hand matches these numbers. Strain names are not standardised, certified or regulated. Research has found samples sharing a name that were as chemically distant from each other as samples with different names.
- How it will make you feel. This site holds no effect data, because no source publishes per-strain effect rates under a licence that permits reuse. An empty column is better than a borrowed guess.
- Anything medical. These are measurements, not claims about what cannabis does to a condition.
Sources
Where two sources cover the same analyte, the figure above is pooled over their combined samples rather than averaged — a median of two medians is not a median. Each source's own sample count is shown in the table.
- Smith, Vergara, Keegan & Kane (2022), The phytochemical diversity of commercial Cannabis in the United States, PLOS ONE · lab · CC0-1.0
- Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board, Lab Library · lab · Public record, no stated restriction
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