Ethulia

Annual herbs. Stems erect. Leaves simple, alternate, petiolate; lamina ovate, lanceolate, elliptic, pubescent, margin serrate, apex acute to acuminate, base attenuate, chartaceous. Capitulescences terminal or axillary, corymbose. Capitula discoid, pedunculate, homogamous; florets bisexual and fertile. Involucres campanulate, phyllaries imbricate. Corollas purple, funnelform, glandular; corolla lobes 5, actinomorphic. Anthers 5, syngenesious, apical appendage acute, base obtuse. Styles white, 2-branched, inner surface covered with stigmatic papillae, outer surface covered with sweeping hairs reaching to below style bifurcation. Achenes turbinate, 6-ribbed, glandular, carpopodium absent. Pappus absent. Pollen echinate, tricolporate. One species is recognized in Thailand.