UNSPSC 10226811: Heliotropum arborescens

Heliotropium arborescens, the garden heliotrope, is a species of flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae, native to Peru. Growing to 1.2 m (3.9 ft) tall and broad, it is a bushy, evergreen, short-lived shrub with dense clusters of bright purple flowers, notable for their intense, rather vanilla-like fragrance. Common names also include cherry pie and common heliotrope.

UNSPSC 10226811 Heliotropum arborescens, a Commodity code, does not reflect the work actually being solicited under recent state and local contract opportunities. The source records do not identify any recent solicitations for Heliotropum arborescens (a tropical ornamental plant) or nursery stock purchases at the commodity level. Instead, the recent opportunities tagged to this code involve unrelated construction, infrastructure, maintenance, and grounds services including soil stabilization grouting, pressure injection grouting, water treatment facility improvements, roadside vegetation management, turf restoration, landscaping, and various facility repairs and upgrades across multiple jurisdictions.

The code carries minimal relevant recent activity in state and local procurement, and the mismatch between the code's nominal scope (a specific plant species) and the actual work being procured (heavy construction, infrastructure, and facility maintenance) suggests the code assignment does not reflect current buying patterns. State and local procurement professionals should not pursue opportunities under this code based on the recent activity shown; the taxonomic classification appears misaligned with actual municipal and county procurement strategy in the source data.