- Alcea, genus Alcea - genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with Althea
--1 is a kind of dilleniid dicot genus
--1 is a member of Malvaceae, family Malvaceae, mallow family
--1 has members: hollyhock; rose mallow, Alcea rosea, Althea rosea