Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2654)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)
Order: Lamiales (195)
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