WHAT MAKES A SATIVA
Sativa-leaning cultivars come from the narrower-leafed Cannabis sativa equatorial branch — landrace heritage from regions like Mexico, Colombia, Thailand, and Africa. Phenotypically you’re looking at tall, lanky plants with thin fan leaves, longer flowering windows, and wispy bud structure. The terpene fingerprint leans high in limonene (citrus rind, mood lift), terpinolene (floral-piney brightness), and pinene (rosemary, alertness, focus). Hemp-derived THCa sativa flower is federally legal under the 2018 Farm Bill at <0.3% dry-weight Δ9; smoked or vaped, the THCa decarboxylates and you get the cerebral, energetic, head-forward experience that sativas are known for.
