Heather may refer to:

Plants

*The heather family, or

Ericaceae The Ericaceae () are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with about 4,250 known species spread acros ...

, particularly: **Common heather or ling, '' Calluna'' **Various species of the genus '' Cassiope'' **Various species of the genus '' Erica''

Name

* Heather (given name) * Heather (surname)

Arts and media

* '' Heathers'', a 1989 film directed by Michael Lehmann ** '' Heathers: The Musical'', a musical by Laurence O'Keefe based on the film ** ''Heathers'' (TV series), a 2018 television series based on the film * "Heather" (''The Secret Circle''), a television episode

Music

* Heathers (band), an acoustic singing duo from Ireland * "Heather" (Beatles song), an unreleased 1968 song by Paul McCartney and Donovan * "Heather" (Conan Gray song), a 2020 song by American singer Conan Gray * "Heather", a song from fusion drummer Billy Cobham's 1974 album ''Crosswinds'' * "Heather", a 2001 song by Paul McCartney from the album '' Driving Rain'' * "Heather", a song from ''Patent Pending'' by Heavens * "Heather", a version of the

Johnny Pearson John Valmore Pearson (18 June 1925 – 20 March 2011) was a British composer, orchestra leader and pianist. He led the ''Top of the Pops'' orchestra for sixteen years, wrote a catalogue of library music, and had many of his pieces used as the ...

song, "Autumn Reverie", which appeared on the Carpenters album ''Now & Then'' *”Heather”, a song from I Know Leopard’s album ''Love is a Landmine'' *"Heather", a song from '' I Love You, I'm Trying'' by Grandson

Places

* Heather, Leicestershire, a village in England ** Heather Preceptory, a preceptory of the Knights Hospitaller, established in the above village ** Heather St John's Football Club, an English football club based in the above village *

Heather, Missouri Heather is an unincorporated community in Marion County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the Unite ...

, a community in the United States * Heather, Washington, an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in the United States

Other uses

Heather (fabric) In clothing, heather refers to a color effect created by mixing two or more different colored fibers or yarn Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, used in sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, ropemaking ...

, interwoven yarns of mixed colours producing muted greyish shades with flecks of colour * ''Heather'' (yacht), the original name of the yacht USS ''Sea Gull'', built in 1902 * Heather, brand name of a progestogen-only pill containing

norethisterone Norethisterone, also known as norethindrone and sold under the brand name Norlutin among others, is a progestin medication used in birth control pills, menopausal hormone therapy, and for the treatment of gynecological disorders. The medicatio ...