-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies (Order Lamiales)

-Mint Family (Family Lamiaceae)

-Subfamily Nepetoideae

-Tribe Ocimeae

-Subtribe Hyptidinae

-Genus Mesosphaerum

-Wide Spikenard (Mesosphaerum suaveolens)

Mesosphaerum suaveolens is a species widely used traditionally in the treatment of ailments, such as stomach pain, hemorrhoids, cough, verminosis, ulcer, liver disease, fever, influenza, nasal congestion, and inflammation. Flowers are pink or purple. Native to Central America.