Pennywise

Named after the clown in Stephen King’s It, as AllBud explains, Pennywise is offered here as flower. Leafly describes the strain as a high-CBD indica cross of Harlequin and Jack the Ripper.

CBD and THC at 1:1 in Leafly’s data

Leafly puts CBD and THC at a 1:1 ratio, with about 8% of each and CBG near 1%, and its potency meter reads lower THC than average. AllBud lists THC at 9 to 10% and CBD at 10%. Leafly links that balance to milder, more relaxing psychoactive effects.

Health Canada describes CBD as non-intoxicating and says it may reduce some of the effects of THC, although it does act on the brain.

Four phenotypes, one coffee-and-pepper nose

Leafly describes purple-fringed flowers and four phenotypes that vary only in shape and structure, some with fingerlike buds and others rounder. AllBud pictures dense, grape-shaped buds in bright neon green with heavy orange hairs and chunky white trichome crystals. Since shape shifts with the phenotype, Steven De Guzman’s tip in our Pennywise strain guide is to judge a batch by its smell.

AllBud describes that smell as spicy black coffee with a pepper-like overtone and sour citrus accents, and Leafly adds lemon and bubblegum undertones beneath the coffee and pepper. The taste, by AllBud’s account, is sweet, spicy and fruity, with sour lemon and a note of herbal coffee. One Leafly reviewer found it smelled of pepper and tasted woody in a good way.

Myrcene, terpinolene and a clear-headed buzz

Myrcene, tagged herbal, leads Leafly’s lab-sourced terpene data, followed by terpinolene and pinene; our terpinolene guide covers the second of the three. Leafly reviewers most often report feeling relaxed and focused, and Leafly describes euphoria and mental clarity with an invigorating buzz that it credits to Jack the Ripper’s cerebral side.

Another Leafly reviewer calls it a very mellow high, felt but not overpowering, and AllBud describes a mellow, lifting high that starts a few minutes after the last toke. Leafly shows 4.5 from 428 ratings; AllBud shows 4.7 from 18 votes.

Mildew resistant and topped once

Leafly gives a flowering time of 60 to 67 days and says the strain suits indoor or outdoor gardens. It calls the plant mildew resistant and passes on TGA Genetics’ advice to top it once. Leafly also lists Deadlights as a descendant.