Verveine

Within minutes, our lobsters were bright red and fully cooked; they became the basis of an incredibly rich dish that paired the lobster meat with an intense cream sauce that we flavored with lobster shell, meat and a dried herb called verveine, more commonly known as verbena. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He plunges his nostrils deeper, A little bit of verveine and a little bit of sweet potato. ❋ Lennox Morrison (2011)

Dear Mom and Friends: I am quickly checking in, while I wait for the verveine tea to brew (for my sister-in-law, Cécile, and I), here at the hotel in Oualidia, Morocco (Mom, you can Google map it!). ❋ Unknown (2009)

(P.S.: I saw your note in the other comments box, re the red flowers: I think they are verveine?) ❋ Unknown (2010)

I love the French soap Provence Santé, in verveine. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Dear Mom and Friends: I am quickly checking in, while I wait for the verveine tea to brew (for my sister-in-law, Cécile, and I), here at the hotel in Oualidia, Morocco (Mom, you can Google map it!) ❋ Unknown (2009)

‘I have made you an infusion of verveine,’ he said. ❋ Douglas Kennedy (2007)

'It is my own blend of lapsang souchong and verveine. ❋ Mosse, Kate (2007)

However, Tam and I enjoy having a tisane of verbena verveine. ❋ ROBERT ARBOR (2003)

The true verbena oil or French verveine is, however, occasionally met with. ❋ H. A. Appleton (N/A)

All the citrine odors, verveine, vulnerary waters, Eau de Cologne, Eau de Portugal, Eau d'Arquebuzade, and lavender, can alone be brought to perfection by using the French spirit in their manufacture. ❋ George William Septimus Piesse (1851)

Diners who manage to reserve a table at the hugely-oversubscribed restaurant, which is only open from June to December and already has 3,000 people on the waiting list for the coming summer, can expect a riot of up to 30 dishes such as Parmesan marshmallows, popcorn clouds, lambs brains with sea urchins and sea grapes, and chocolate sablet with verveine and hazelnut. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"I had not even heard of verveine, let alone used it in cooking," he said. ❋ Unknown (2009)