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Comparison

Northern Lights vs Purple Urkle

Leafly users report the same top effects for both: sleepy, relaxed and hungry. The differences are flavor, pine and earth against grape and plum, and origin: Purple Urkle is believed to be a select phenotype of Mendocino Purps from California.1,2 Their lab-tested THC is close: 20.03% median for Northern Lights and 19.00% for Purple Urkle, from only 35 tests.3

Side by side

Northern LightsPurple Urkle
TypeIndica1Indica2
LineageAfghani × Thai1Believed to be a select phenotype of Mendocino Purps2
Median THC (state lab tests)20.03% (406 tests)19.00% (only 35 tests)
Middle half of THC results17.28%–22.05%15.98%–22.42%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (only 15 tests)Not enough terpene data
Most-reported effectsSleepy, relaxed, hungry1Sleepy, relaxed, hungry2
FlavorPine, earthy, woody1Grape, plum, berry2
OriginSeattle area, by tradition; in the Netherlands from 19851,4California2

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.3

Lab-tested THC: Northern Lights vs Purple Urkle

14% 16% 18% 20% 22% 24% Northern Lights Northern Lights: median 20.03%, middle half 17.28%–22.05%, 406 tests 20.0% n=406 Purple Urkle Purple Urkle: median 19.00%, middle half 15.98%–22.42%, 35 tests 19.0% n=35 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests. Small sample: Purple Urkle has only 35 tests.3

Which is easier to find

On Oct 3, 2026, 98 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Northern Lights flower on Weedmaps, against 10 stores for Purple Urkle; around New York the counts were 97 and 4.5

Its own site

Purple Urkle has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at purpleurkle.com.

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, Northern Lights strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Purple Urkle strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  3. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  4. Leafly (Bailey Rahn), Strain highlight: Northern Lights, the indica legend up close (2014-05-01). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  5. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 3, 2026. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.