A species in the Cannabis family that is rarely farmed due to its low THC content, small stature, and inability to survive harsh climates. Unlike Cannabis sativa and indica, which use light cycles to flower, the ruderalis plant flowers with age.
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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. The consensus among plant taxonomical databases, as of 2022, is to consider it Cannabis sativa var. ruderalis.
| Cannabis ruderalis | |
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| Specimen in Brandenburg, Germany | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Cannabaceae |
| Genus: | Cannabis |
| Species: | C. ruderalis
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| Cannabis ruderalis | |
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