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Comparison

Lemon Kush vs Super Lemon Haze

Both taste of lemon; the resemblance ends there. Super Lemon Haze is Green House Seeds’ sativa-dominant Lemon Skunk × Super Silver Haze, a two-time Cannabis Cup winner led by terpinolene, while Lemon Kush is a Kush hybrid whose seed versions mostly lean indica.1,2,3 Super Lemon Haze tests higher in state labs: 20.84% median THC across 1,543 tests, against 15.53% for Lemon Kush from only 29 tests, a small sample.4

Side by side

Lemon KushSuper Lemon Haze
TypeHybrid; seed versions run from 50/50 to 75% indica2,3,5Sativa-dominant hybrid1
LineageDisputed: Master Kush × Lemon Joy (Leafly) or Lemon G × Afghan Kush (Alien Genetics), among others2,6Lemon Skunk × Super Silver Haze (Green House Seeds)1
Median THC (state lab tests)15.53% (29 tests); small sample20.84% (1,543 tests)
Middle half of THC results14.70%–17.00%18.41%–23.48%
Top terpenes (median)Too few tests for a profile (2 of 29 with terpene values)Terpinolene, β-Caryophyllene, β-Myrcene (468 tests)
Leafly top effectsHappy, giggly, uplifted2Energetic, focused, uplifted1
FlavorLemon, citrus, lime2Lemon, citrus, lime1
Leafly ratings1,27622,5721

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.4

Lab-tested THC: Lemon Kush vs Super Lemon Haze

14% 16% 18% 20% 22% 24% Super Lemon Haze Super Lemon Haze: median 20.84%, middle half 18.41%–23.48%, 1,543 tests 20.8% n=1,543 Lemon Kush Lemon Kush: median 15.53%, middle half 14.70%–17.00%, 29 tests 15.5% n=29 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests. Small sample: Lemon Kush has only 29 tests.4

A shared ancestor in one version

SeedFinder’s pedigree for Humboldt Seed Company’s Lemon Kush, marked "probably", is Matanuska Mist × OG Kush × Super Lemon Haze, so that one version may descend from the strain compared here.7

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, Super Lemon Haze weed strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Lemon Kush aka Cali Lemon Kush weed strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  3. Humboldt Seed Company via Weedmaps, Lemon Kush Seeds (brand product page). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  4. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  5. AllBud, Lemon Kush marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  6. SeedFinder, Lemon Kush (Alien Genetics): strain info and breeder description. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  7. SeedFinder, Lemon Kush (Humboldt Seed Company): genealogy. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.