Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2586)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)
Order: Lamiales (171)
Family: Boraginaceae (36)(family description)
Genus: Ehretia (1)
Epithet: cymosa Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. (1)
cymosa => bearing cymes, more or less flattened flower heads blooming from the middle out