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The Official Cannabis collection · sheet 03No 03 · Purple Urklevs Blue Dream

Comparison

Purple Urkle vs Blue Dream

They sit on opposite sides of Leafly’s calming-to-energizing scale: users call Purple Urkle sleepy and relaxed, while Blue Dream, a Blueberry × Haze hybrid, is known as creative and happy.1,2 In state lab tests, Purple Urkle’s median THC (19.00%, from only 35 tests) is lower than Blue Dream’s 19.96% (2,118 tests), a gap too small to read much into at this sample size.3

Side by side

Purple UrkleBlue Dream
TypeIndica, rated mostly calming1Hybrid, rated mostly energizing2
LineageSelected phenotype of Mendocino Purps1Blueberry × Haze2
Median THC (state lab tests)19.00% (only 35 tests: small sample)19.96% (2,118 tests)
Middle half of THC results15.98%–22.42%17.62%–22.37%
Top terpenes (median)None: no matched test reports individual terpenes (35 tests)β-Myrcene, α-Pinene, β-Caryophyllene (483 tests)
Top effects (Leafly)Sleepy, relaxed, hungry1Creative, euphoric, happy2
FlavorGrape, plum, berry1Berry, blueberry, sweet2
Leafly orders, 2025Not in the national top 84#14

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

Lab-tested THC: Purple Urkle vs Blue Dream

14% 16% 18% 20% 22% 24% Blue Dream Blue Dream: median 19.96%, middle half 17.62%–22.37%, 2,118 tests 20.0% n=2,118 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, 10 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Purple Urkle flower on Weedmaps, against 293 stores for Blue Dream; around New York the counts were 4 and 129.5

Its own site

Blue Dream has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at bluedream.com.

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Purple Urkle strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Blue Dream 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, Best-selling weed strains of 2025. 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.