-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Dogwoods, Hydrangeas, and Allies (Order Cornales)

-Stickleaf Family (Family Loasaceae)

-Genus Gronovia

-Gronovia scandens

Gronovia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loasaceae, native to Mexico, Central America and northwest South America. They are annual climbing herbs with irritating stinging hairs. It does have some medicinal uses.