family Malvaceae - herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okramallow - any of various plants of the family Malvaceae Alcea, genus Alcea - genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with Althea genus Althaea - hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with Alcea genus Hibiscus - large genus of tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees often grown as ornamentals for their profusion of large flowers in a variety of colors genus Iliamna, Iliamna - small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs; some often placed in other genera genus Lavatera, Lavatera - widespread genus or herbs or soft-wooded arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers genus Pavonia - genus of tropical hairy shrubs or herbs of tropics and subtropics especially South America genus Sida, Sida - large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances genus Sidalcea, Sidalcea - genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers |