Verbena (disambiguation)
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Plants
- Of the familyFamily (biology)In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
VerbenaceaeVerbenaceaeVerbenaceae, commonly known as the verbena family or vervain family, is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants. It contains trees, shrubs and herbs notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers, many of which have an aromatic smell.Recent phylogenetic studies have shown that...
:- VerbenaVerbenaVerbena , verbenas or vervains, is a genus in the family Verbenaceae. It contains about 250 species of annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-woody flowering plants. The majority of the species are native to the New World from Canada south to southern Chile, but some are also native in the Old...
, the vervain genusGenusIn biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia... - Lemon VerbenaLemon verbenaAloysia citrodora is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae, that is native to Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru. Common names include Lemon Verbena and Lemon Beebrush. It was brought to Europe by the Spanish in the 17th...
, Aloysia citrodora - Mock verbenas, genus GlandulariaGlandulariaGlandularia, called mock vervains or mock verbenas, is a genus of annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the vervain family, Verbenaceae...
- Pineapple Verbena, Nashia inaguensis
- Shrub verbenas, genus Lantana
- Verbena
- Other:
- Sand-verbenas, genus Abronia
- Sweet Verbena-tree or -myrtle, Backhousia citriodora
Places
- Verbena, AlabamaVerbena, AlabamaVerbena is an unincorporated community in southeastern Chilton County, Alabama, United States. Named for the indigenous flower, Verbena developed into a popular resort location for the more affluent citizenry of Montgomery, the state's capital, during the yellow fever outbreaks of the late 19th...
, a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic PlacesNational Register of Historic PlacesThe National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in Chilton County, AlabamaChilton County, Alabama-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*84.1% White*9.7% Black*0.4% Native American*0.3% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*1.2% Two or more races*7.8% Hispanic or Latino -2000:... - Verbena, DublinVerbena, DublinVerbena is a part of a housing estate in Bayside, near Kilbarrack on the Northside of Dublin. It has four roads, three of which are Cul-de-sac, namely Verbena Park, Verbena Grove and Verbena Lawn, the final road, Verbena Avenue joins Verbena Lawn to Kilbarrack Road....
a suburban area on the NorthsideNorthside (Dublin)The Northside is the area in County Dublin, Ireland bounded to the south by the River Liffey to the east by Dublin Bay, to the north and west by the boundaries of County Dublin.- Introduction :... - Verbena Heights, a public housing estate in Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
- AEFCHK-EFCC-Verbena Nursery School
- CMAC Verbena Kindergarten
- Verbena, a planet in the Firefly universe
- St. Verbena, a chapel in Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)Dawn of the Dead is a 2004 horror film directed by Zack Snyder in his directorial debut. It is a remake of George A. Romero's 1978 film of the same name and stars Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, and Jake Weber. The film depict a handful of human survivors living in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin shopping mall...
Persons
Verbena is a somewhat uncommon first name or a family nameFamily name
A family name is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world...
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- Verbena, the character of Una MerkelUna MerkelUna Merkel was an American Tony Award-winning stage and film actress.-Life and career:Una Merkel was born in Covington, Kentucky, and grew up in Philadelphia and New York City. She bore a resemblance to actress Lillian Gish and began her career as a stand-in for Gish, most notably in the 1928...
in The Parent Trap (1961 film) - Verbena, a character in Ray BillingsleyRay BillingsleyRay Billingsley created the American comic strip Curtis, which is distributed by King Features Syndicate and printed in more than 250 newspapers nationwide.-Early life:...
's comic strip CurtisCurtis (comic strip)Curtis is a nationally syndicated comic strip written and illustrated by Ray Billingsley. It began on October 3, 1988 and is syndicated by King Features.... - Dr. Verbena Beeks, a character from the TV series Quantum Leap played by Candy Brown Houston
- Verbena Singlefoot, a character in the 1925 movie Should Sailors Marry?Should Sailors Marry?Should Sailors Marry? is a 1925 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Clyde Cook - Cyril D'Armond* Noah Young - The ex-husband* Fay Holderness - Verbena Singlefoot * Martha Sleeper - Smyrna* Oliver Hardy - Doctor...
played by Fay HoldernessFay HoldernessFay Holderness was a vaudeville performer and film actress from Oconto, Wisconsin.Holderness performed in a vaudeville production in Olean, New York in 1920, a presentation of The Village Four. Three actors along with Holderness appeared in this comedy and harmony singing skit.She performed in... - Alvaro Verbena, mayor of DerutaDerutaDeruta is a hill town and comune in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region of central Italy. Long known as a center of refined maiolica manufacture, Deruta remains known for its ceramics, which are exported worldwide.-History:...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
Other
- Verbena (band)Verbena (band)Verbena was a rock band from Birmingham, Alabama, founded in the early 1990s by Scott Bondy, and Daniel Duquette Johnston who would become mainstays for the entirety of the bands career, despite undergoing several line-up changes...
, a rock band from Alabama - Verbena (fair)Verbena (fair)In Spanish-speaking cultures, a verbena is a country fair, modest amusement park, or a dance party, especially one held at night. An old tradition, they usually take place after dark in the summer...
, a country fair or dance party, especially one held at night, in SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
-speaking cultures. - Verbena (Mage: the Ascension), a tradition from the Mage: The AscensionMage: The AscensionMage: The Ascension is a role-playing game based in the World of Darkness, and was published by White Wolf Game Studio. The characters portrayed in the game are referred to as mages, and are capable of feats of magic...
role-playing gameRole-playing gameA role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development... - La Verbena, a 1927 painting by Maruja MalloMaruja MalloMaruja Mallo was a Spanish painter.She was born in Vivero, Lugo, and studied arts in Madrid between 1922 and 1926, where she met many important artists, as she also did subsequently in Paris: Salvador Dalí, Federico García Lorca, Luis Buñuel, Magritte, Max Ernst, Miró, De Chirico, André Breton,...
- Verbena, a 1941 film by Edgar NevilleEdgar NevilleEdgar Neville Romrée, Count of Berlanga de Duero was a Spanish playwright and film director, a member of the Generation of '27....
- Verbena, a 2002 novel by Nanci KincaidNanci KincaidNanci Kincaid is an American novelist who wrote a short story collection titled Pretending the Bed Is a Raft , as well as novels Crossing Blood , Balls , Verbena , and As Hot As It Was You Ought to Thank Me . The film My Life Without Me was based on the title story in Pretending the Bed Is a Raft...
- HMS Verbena (1915), a Royal Navy Arabis class sloopArabis class sloopThe Arabis class was the third class of minesweeping sloops to be built under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy in World War I as part of the larger "Flower Class", which were also referred to as the "Cabbage Class", or "Herbaceous Borders"...
- HMS Verbena (K85), a Royal Navy Group 1 Flower class corvetteFlower class corvetteThe Flower-class corvette was a class of 267 corvettes used during World War II, specifically with the Allied navies as anti-submarine convoy escorts during the Battle of the Atlantic...
. See also HMS Vervain (K190)HMS Vervain (K190)HMS Vervain was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War.On 28 February 1943 the liberty ship SS Wade Hampton was torpedoed by U-405 while sailing in a convoy from New York to Murmansk, Russia...
, a Group 2 vessel of the same class. - USS Verbena (1864)USS Verbena (1864)USS Verbena was a small 104-ton steamer purchased by the Union Navy towards the end of the American Civil War.Verbena, outfitted with a 20-pounder Parrott rifle by the Navy, was placed in service as a gunboat and assigned to the blockade of the Confederate States of America...
, a US Navy vessel - "Verbena Academy" (バーベナ学園, Bābena Gakuen) in the computer game Shuffle!Shuffle!is a Japanese visual novel developed by Navel. It was originally released as an adult game for Microsoft Windows on January 30, 2004. It was subsequently followed by an all-ages release for the PlayStation 2 and an expanded adult release for Windows...
- The Charadio: Verbena Academy Broadcasting Department Shuffle! musical albums
- Verbena Consulting, a member of the Open Knowledge InitiativeOpen Knowledge InitiativeThe Open Knowledge Initiative is an organization responsible for the specification of software interfaces comprising a Service Oriented Architecture based on high level service definitions.-Description:...