Cannabis ruderalis

Cannabis ruderalis
Specimen in Brandenburg, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Cannabaceae
Genus: Cannabis
Species:
C. ruderalis
Binomial name
Cannabis ruderalis
Janisch.
Synonyms
  • Cannabis sativa var. spontanea
  • Cannabis sativa var. ruderalis

Cannabis ruderalis is a variety, subspecies, or species of Cannabis native to Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. It contains a relatively low quantity of psychoactive compound tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Some scholars accept C. ruderalis as its own species due to its unique traits and phenotypes which distinguish it from C. indica and C. sativa; others debate whether ruderalis is a subdivision under C. sativa.

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