-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Borages Order (Boraginales)

-Borage Family (Family Boraginaceae)

-Subfamily Heliotropioideae

-Heliotropes (Genus Heliotropium)

-Heliotropium hartwegianum

Heliotropium hartwegianum is a flowering plant species in the heliotrope genus, native specifically to Mexico, where it thrives primarily in seasonally dry tropical biomes. As a member of the Boraginaceae family, it typically exhibits the characteristic "scorpion-tail" or scorpioid cymes, where small, five-lobed flowers are arranged along a curling, terminal spike that gradually unfurls as the blooms open It is a medicinal plant that is reportedly used for the treatment of diabetes, diarrhea and kidney pain.