| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Lamiales | Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary |
| Family | Phrymaceae | Lopseed family |
| Genus | Diplacus | From Greek di, ”two, double,“ and plax or plakos, ”a flat round plate, tablet or broad surface“ |
| Species | aurantiacus | Orange, orange-yellow or orange-red |
| ssp. | aurantiacus | Orange, orange-yellow or orange-red |