Red Dragon

Leafly places the strain behind this flower in its hybrid category and traces it to South American crossed with Afghani. AllBud goes with a sativa-dominant hybrid, 60% sativa and 40% indica, and describes an exotic Asian flower that crosses Himalayan Kush with Utopian Haze.

Dragon OG and Red Widow descend from it

Leafly lists Dragon OG and Red Widow among the strains descended from it, and says growers find the plant best suited to indoor growing, with flowering in 8 to 10 weeks. AllBud says sativa genes dominate, with a sativa to indica ratio between 60:40 and 70:30 in its text, and one AllBud reviewer cites a Brazilian sativa crossed with an Afghani indica.

A sweet, fruity nose with spice and wood

Leafly describes a sweet, fruity aroma and gives flavour tags of tree fruit, spicy/herbal and flowery. AllBud describes a smell that is spicy yet sweet and woody, with a flavour to match. Its flavour tags are berry, fruity, spicy, sweet, tropical and woody, and its aroma tags are fruity, pungent, spicy, sweet and woody.

Myrcene, limonene and caryophyllene

Leafly ranks myrcene highest among Red Dragon’s terpenes, with limonene and caryophyllene after it. For background on the middle one, see our guide to limonene, the citrus terpene.

THC, reported feelings and ratings

On Leafly the THC figure is 17% and CBG is 1%, and the potency slider points above average. AllBud’s header range is 10% to 20%; its text says THC tops 16% in available tests and calls CBD scarce.

Leafly describes happy, uplifting effects, with giggly, tingly and talkative the tags its reviewers use most, and an effect slider that leans energizing. AllBud describes a euphoric, happy and powerfully hungry high, and its effect tags are euphoria, happy and hungry. Ratings are 4.2 from 385 on Leafly and 4.6 from 23 votes and 19 reviews on AllBud.