Sicklepod

(Senna obtusifolia)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Erect annual herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot

Leaf anatomy: Leaves alternately arranged, pinnately compound, 4-6 leaflets per leaf, terminal pair of leaflets the longest

Reproduction: Usually 1 or 2 flowers borne in leaf axils, petals yellow, flowers showy

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}