Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Lamiales (196)
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