Kingdom: Plantae (2597)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2494)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2109)
Order: Lamiales (171)
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