- Median THC
- 21.4%
- Flowering
- 10–11 weeks (~77 days)
What labs found
- Median THC
- 21.4%
- Typical range
- 14.7–25.3%
- Lab tests
- 77
- States
- 2
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Flower tested under this name in legal US markets, 2015–2020. 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 Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson is a sativa cross combining Nepalese and South Asian Sativa. Known for spice, earthy, woody aromatics.
In grower catalogs and dispensary menus, Willie Nelson is documented as a sativa cross combining Nepalese and South Asian Sativa. In breeding programs, it has served as a parent line for Sour Willie and West Coast Willie. It appears in state compliance flower testing across 2 US markets (WA HI) between 2015 and 2020. Photoperiod cuts typically finish flowering in 10–11 weeks (~77 days) under indoor or greenhouse lighting.
Aroma and flavor
Jars of Willie Nelson are most often described as showing black pepper spice, earthy, soil-like depth, dry cedar and wood and crisp conifer pine. Chemotype data points to fresh, piney-floral terpinolene, earthy, herbal myrcene and bright, citrus-forward limonene as the primary aromatic drivers, with batch-to-batch variation depending on cultivation and curing.
Reported effects
Consumers commonly report creative, associative thinking, a lifted, positive outlook and an elevated, euphoric mood, making Willie Nelson a frequent pick for daytime sessions, creative work, or social settings. The most commonly noted downsides are dry mouth and dry eyes.
Specs
Growing
- Grower notes
- Photoperiod cuts typically finish flowering in 10–11 weeks (~77 days) under indoor or greenhouse lighting.
The flower
- Flavour
- Spice, Earthy, Woody, Pine
- Aroma
- Black pepper spice, earthy, soil-like depth, dry cedar and wood
- Terpenes
- Dominant terpenes: terpinolene, myrcene, limonene
Family tree
Willie Nelson is reported as Nepalese × South Asian Sativa. One strain here was bred from it.
- Parents
- Bred from it
- As reported, not a genetic test