Althaea is the Latin rendering of Greek ''Althaia'', which may be related to Greek ''althos'' "healing". It may refer to: *

Althaea (mythology) In Greek mythology, Althaea (; Ancient Greek: Ἀλθαία ''Althaía'' "healer" from ἀλθαίνω ''althaino'', "to cure", also "a kind of Malvaceae, mallow"), also rendered Althea or Althaia, was queen of Calydon through her marriage to King ...

, the daughter of Thestius and mother of Meleager * ''Althaea'' (plant), a genus of up to a dozen species of perennial herbs, native to Europe and western Asia, that includes the marshmallow plant *

119 Althaea 119 Althaea is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer J. C. Watson on April 3, 1872, and named after Althaea, the mother of Meleager in Greek mythology. Two occultations by Althaea were observed in 2002, only ...

, an asteroid

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