Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)
Order: Lamiales (178)
Family: Boraginaceae (36)(family description)
Genus: Echium (9)
Epithet: boissieri Steud. (1)
boissieri => in honor of Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810-1885), Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician