- Median THC
- 14.5%
- Flowering
- 8–9 weeks (~56–63 days)
- Breeder
- Gage Green Group
What labs found
- Median THC
- 14.5%
- Typical range
- 9.9–24.1%
- Lab tests
- 63
- States
- 1
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Flower tested under this name in legal US markets, 2014–2017. The range covers the middle 90% of tests. Growers and labs vary, so a given jar can fall outside it. Data: Jikomes & Zoorob (CC0), Cannabis Wise Guys (CC BY 4.0), Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0).
About Purple Elephant
Purple Elephant is a indica selection from Purple Urkle credited to Gage Green Group. Known for chemical, floral, grape aromatics.
Purple Elephant (also circulated as Elephant Purple) is a indica phenotype selection from the Purple Urkle line, credited to Gage Green Group. In breeding programs, it has served as a parent line for Grape Stomper and White Elephant. It is recorded in state compliance flower testing in WA (2014 and 2017). Photoperiod cuts typically finish flowering in 8–9 weeks (~56–63 days) under indoor or greenhouse lighting.
Aroma and flavor
Jars of Purple Elephant are most often described as showing gassy, solvent-like fuel, sweet violet floral notes, candied dark grape and earthy, soil-like depth. Chemotype data points to earthy, herbal myrcene, peppery beta-caryophyllene and crisp, forest-like pinene as the primary aromatic drivers, with batch-to-batch variation depending on cultivation and curing.
Reported effects
Consumers commonly report physical relaxation, a lighthearted, giggly mood and heavier evening drowsiness, making Purple Elephant a frequent pick for evening unwinding or unhurried downtime. The most commonly noted downsides are dry mouth and dry eyes.
Specs
Genetics
- Also known as
- Elephant Purple
Growing
- Grower notes
- Photoperiod cuts typically finish flowering in 8–9 weeks (~56–63 days) under indoor or greenhouse lighting.
The flower
- Flavour
- Chemical, Floral, Grape, Earthy
- Aroma
- Gassy, solvent-like fuel, sweet violet floral notes, candied dark grape
- Terpenes
- Dominant terpenes: myrcene, caryophyllene, pinene
Family tree
Purple Elephant is reported as Purple Urkle. 3 strains here were bred from it.
- Parents
- Grandparents
- Bred from it
- As reported, not a genetic test