Odysseus (or Ulysses) as portrayed in literature, art, and cinema.Â© Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner) Homer portrayed Odysseus as a man of outstanding wisdom and shrewdness, eloquence, resourcefulness, courage, and endurance.
Verbena is the common name for plants in the Verbenaceae family, which includes herbs, shrubs, and trees, including teak. The family includes wild and cultivated members, some of which feature fragrant, showy blossoms.ultivated and lemon verbenas are used in tisanes, tea-like drinks in which flowers or leaves are steeped. Tea bags with these herbs are sold grocery and health food stores. Portions of these plants are also distilled to create oils or used as condiments.
Perennial Verbena Examples. Perennial verbenas do well in a wide range of U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones, but most grow best in zones 5 and above. Verbena peruviana, V. canadensis and V. tenusecta each grow as low, spreading mats.V. canadensis has several varieties in colors ranging from red to lavender.everal species of plants fall under the genus Verbena. Although a few of these are annuals and need to be replanted each year, many more are perennials and come back year after year.