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Lavender
Lavender · Floral · Violet
IndicaCultivar profile
UW.
UW, often called UW Purple, is associated with dense, sticky purple flowers and a tropical-fruit aroma touched by spice. Sage, floral, and lavender notes recur in reader reports. Its university-laboratory origin story is widely repeated folklore, while the actual parentage remains unestablished in the reviewed reference.
Also known as UW Purple, U Dub
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UTHE DAMN GOOD FIELD GUIDE
What’s in the name?
SageFloralLavenderTropical fruitSpicy
Descriptors reported in the sources below. Aroma and taste can change between samples.
How people describe it.
SleepyRelaxedTingly
Personal reports, not promises or medical findings. Experiences vary, including unwanted effects.
The same historical records also include reports of dry mouth, dry eyes, headache. These are anecdotes, not estimates of likelihood.
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A little background.
Leafly labels the university-lab origin story as rumor. No authenticated parent pair or laboratory provenance is established here.
Every cultivar has a story.
Some are still being checked.
Some are still being checked.
Go a little deeper Historical lab notes & terpene chart+
These are historical observations from samples carrying this name, collected between December 2013 and January 2021. They are not specifications for every plant or a current product.
Commonly measured terpenes
Median concentration by mass; bars share a 0–2% scale. Individual results vary.
Cannabinoid snapshot
Total THC17.3%Median · middle 80% 11.1–20.8%124 measurements
Total CBD0.1%Median · middle 80% 0.0–0.4%47 measurements
Total THC includes a calculated contribution from THCA. It is not measured THCA alone.
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Sources & notes.
Reviewed October 2026. Commercial type labels are used for navigation, not as a guarantee of genetics or effects.