Heather (disambiguation)
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Heather is the common name for various plants:
  • The heather family, or Ericaceae
    Ericaceae
    The Ericaceae, commonly known as the heath or heather family, is a group of mostly calcifuge flowering plants. The family is large, with roughly 4000 species spread across 126 genera, making it the 14th most speciose family of flowering plants...

    , particularly:
    • Common heather or ling, Calluna vulgaris
    • Various species of the genus Erica
      Erica
      Erica ,the heaths or heathers, is a genus of approximately 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The English common names "heath" and "heather" are shared by some closely related genera of similar appearance....

    • Various species of the genus Cassiope
      Cassiope
      Cassiope is a genus of 9-12 small shrubby species in the family Ericaceae. They are native to the Arctic and north temperate montane regions. Common names, shared with several other similar related genera, include heather and heath....



Heather may also refer to:
  • Heather, Leicestershire
    Heather, Leicestershire
    The village of Heather is due west of the village of Ibstock in North West Leicestershire, England. In the Domesday Book of 1086, its name is recorded as Hadre, meaning "the heathland"...

    , a village in England
  • Heather (fabric)
    Heather (fabric)
    In clothing, heather refers to interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color...

    , interwoven yarns of mixed colours producing muted greyish shades with flecks of colour
  • Heather (name)
    Heather (name)
    Heather is a popular English and Scottish given name for girls. It simply means "heather" from the English word for the variety of small shrubs with pink or white flowers which commonly grow in rocky areas. It is derived from Middle English hather. Heath can be used as a male given name...

    , a popular given name for girls
  • Heather (yacht), the original name of the yacht USS Sea Gull, built in 1902
  • Heathers
    Heathers
    Heathers is a 1989 black comedy film starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty. The film portrays four girls in a trend-setting clique at a fictional Ohio high school...

    , a 1989 film directed by Michael Lehmann
    • Heathers (musical)
      Heathers (musical)
      Heathers is a musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin Murphy. It originally had a readings and eventually a concert on September 13 and 14, 2010 at Joe's Pub.-Background:...

      , a musical by Laurence O'Keefe
      Laurence O'Keefe
      Laurence O'Keefe is an English bassist, and has previously played in a number of bands, most notably Jazz Butcher, Levitation, Dark Star, and The Hope Blister. Since Dark Star split up, O'Keefe has toured with Sophia and Martina Topley-Bird.-External links:* *...

  • Heathers, the name of clique of contestants on the reality television series RuPaul's Drag Race (season 3)
    RuPaul's Drag Race (season 3)
    RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3 is the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race, which began airing on January 24, 2011. Thirteen drag queens compete for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar", a headlining spot on the Absolut Tour, a lifetime supply of Kryolan makeup and a $75,000 cash prize.This...


Music

  • Heathers (band), an acoustic singing duo from Ireland
  • "Heather" (song)
    Heather (song)
    "Heather" is a short song that appears on the Beatles bootleg No. 3 Abbey Road N.W., but was actually recorded in January, 1969 by Paul McCartney with Donovan and Mary Hopkin during the sessions for Hopkins' Postcard LP. The tune was written for Linda McCartney's daughter Heather....

    , an unreleased song by Paul McCartney and Donovan
  • "Heather", a song from fusion drummer Billy Cobham
    Billy Cobham
    William C. Cobham is a Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader, who has called Switzerland home since the late 1970s....

    's 1974 album Crosswinds
  • "Heather", a song from Patent Pending
    Patent Pending (album)
    Patent Pending is the debut album by Heavens, a side project formed by Matt Skiba, vocalist and guitarist for Alkaline Trio, and Josiah Steinbrick....

     by Heavens

See also

  • Dear Heather
    Dear Heather
    Dear Heather is Leonard Cohen's eleventh studio album, released in 2004.It shows a further departure from Ten New Songs, with more female lead singing and a marked increase in read poetry over sung lyrics, two of these being poems by other writers....

    , an album and song by Leonard Cohen
  • Hurricane Heather (disambiguation), the name for three tropical storms
  • Heath (disambiguation)
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