Heather

Heather is the common name for various plants:

• The heather family, or Ericaceae, particularly:
  • Calluna vulgaris or ling, the sole species in the genus Calluna
  • Various species of the genus Erica
  • Various species of the genus Cassiope

Heather may also refer to:

• Heather, Leicestershire, a village in England
• Heather (fabric), interwoven yarns of mixed colours producing muted greyish shades with flecks of colour
• Heather (name), a popular given name for girls
• Heather, the first and never forgotten love of Connor McLeod in "Highlander" movie (1984)
• Heather, the main antagonist of the Total Drama Island animated series: see List of Total Drama series characters
• Heather, the name of the Little Red-Haired Girl from the comic strip Peanuts in some of the animated spin-offs
• Heather (yacht), the original name of the yacht USS Sea Gull, built in 1902
• Heathers, a 1989 film directed by Michael Lehmann

Music

• Heathers (band), an acoustic singing duo from Ireland
• "Heather" (song), an unreleased song by Paul McCartney and Donovan
• "Heather", a song from fusion drummer Billy Cobham's 1974 album Crosswinds
• "Heather", a song from Patent Pending by Heavens

See also

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

Heather, coming from the root of Greek, "Heath," is another word for a dark, big, butt.