Granddaddy Purple
Granddaddy Purple, often shortened to GDP, is associated in Leafly's account with Ken Estes and 2003. Its pedigree is less settled than that familiar name suggests: the source presents both a Mendo Purps/Skunk/Afghan account and a Big Bud × Purple Urkle account. This profile keeps that disagreement visible. Grape, berry and violet are reported flavor descriptors, not evidence that either proposed family tree has been confirmed.
Disputed parentage · Explore family ↓Compare this strain ↗Effects & flavor notes.
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Reported effects
Subjective feelings described by readers.
These are subjective reports, not guaranteed effects or medical conclusions. The report total covers the whole profile; individual tag frequencies are unavailable.
How to read these reportsParents, origins & family
Disputed parentage
Leafly gives two accounts: Mendo Purps / Skunk / Afghan ancestry, or Big Bud × Purple Urkle. These alternatives are not a single five-parent cross.
Reported ancestry
Mendocino PurpsOpen strain profileAlternative account A: regional ancestry.
Leafly — granddaddy purple ↗Alternative account A: regional ancestry.
Leafly — granddaddy purple ↗Alternative account A: regional ancestry.
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Big BudOpen strain profileAlternative account B: Big Bud × Purple Urkle.
Leafly — granddaddy purple ↗
Purple UrkleOpen strain profileAlternative account B: Big Bud × Purple Urkle.
Leafly — granddaddy purple ↗Children & later selections 2
Cherry PieOpen strain profileReported parent in the linked Leafly profile; not genetically authenticated.
Leafly — Cherry Pie identity and lineage ↗
Purple PunchOpen strain profilePurple Punch is reported as a cross between Larry OG and Granddaddy Purple. Its profile connects those two named parents and keeps reader-reported grape and plum notes separate from chemical reference values.
Leafly — Purple Punch identity and lineage ↗How to read these relationships
Parent links describe a reported cross. Ancestry components may be several generations back. A phenotype selection comes from a named line rather than a new two-parent cross. Disputed links retain the uncertainty of their source.
Names in this catalog open a strain profile. Other names open the reference describing the relationship. The family view shows the links currently documented here, not every known descendant.
Cannabinoid profile
Leafly catalog summary values, not laboratory results for a specific sample. A displayed 0% is a rounded source value, not proof of absence. Unlisted cannabinoids remain unknown.
Leafly source ↗ · Checked 2026-09-16Concentrations vary by sample. A cultivar name alone does not establish potency.
Terpenes & aroma
Catalog-listed terpenes. Dominance is shown only where the source states it; percentages are unavailable unless separately recorded.
Similar strains
Similarity uses catalog reference chemistry, reported attributes and lineage. Missing data is excluded; this is not an effects prediction.
Purple Urkle is associated with California and a proposed selection from Mendocino Purps. That origin is presented as a belief in the reference, so the selection link remains explicitly uncertain.
Disputed parentage ↗
Grape Ape is associated with Apothecary Genetics and Barney’s Farm. Its reported background includes Mendocino Purps, Skunk and Afghani, without a fully specified crossing sequence.
Ancestry documented ↗
Cheese has roots in a British Skunk 1 selection. Leafly also describes later Afghani contributions, so these links represent family history rather than one universal cross.
Ancestry documented ↗Compare with related strains
Choose another strain to compare →References & provenance
- Leafly — granddaddy purple
Catalog identity and lineage reference. Leafly gives two accounts: Mendo Purps / Skunk / Afghan ancestry, or Big Bud × Purple Urkle. These alternatives are not a single five-parent cross.
Accessed 2026-09-14 - Leafly — granddaddy purple catalog parameters
Leafly catalog summary values, not laboratory results for a specific sample. A displayed 0% is a rounded source value, not proof of absence. Unlisted cannabinoids remain unknown. Terpene names and documented order come from the catalog; concentrations are not supplied. Effects, flavors and negative effects are reader-reported tags. The report count covers the profile as a whole, not individual tags.
Accessed 2026-09-16 - Leafly — Granddaddy Purple: identity recheck
Identity check: two competing lineage accounts appear on the same Leafly page. Repetition within one page does not count as independent corroboration. Still needed: dated primary documentation to distinguish the accounts; retain disputed status and avoid choosing a definitive cross.
Accessed 2026-09-23
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