Sicklepod

Common: Sicklepod

Scientific: Cassia obtusifolia

Affected Crops: Corn, cotton, peanuts, soybeans, tobacco.

Identification: Erect herbaceous summer annual weed. The leaf of this broadleaf is compound with 3-5 green leaflets. The fruit is a cylindrical pod, with yellow flowers that are borne on drooping stalks from the leaf axils.

Geographical Distribution: Found mostly in southern United States.