| Author | (L.) Irwin & Barneby | |
| Distribution | Coastal Plain, Sandhills, and Piedmont; rare in the Mountains.
Native of Neotropics (probably, says Weakley 2018); in N.A. MA to WI and NE, south to FL and TX; also CA. | |
| Abundance | Very common in much of the Coastal Plain, and fairly common to common in the Sandhills and Piedmont; rare in the upper Piedmont and Mountains. | |
| Habitat | Crop fields (fallow or not), roadsides, waste areas, disturbed ground, barnyards, lawn near bird feeder (Jackson Co.). | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting July-September (-November). | |
| Identification | Sicklepod is a handsome plant 1-2 feet tall, with well-spaced leaves that are divided into 2-3 pairs of leaflets. The terminal leaflet is lacking. Flowers are golden yellow, perhaps an inch across in 5 spreading petals (i.e., not "pea" shaped). The pods are very long, slender, and decurved. This is a very numerous weed growing within various croplands in the Coastal Plain. | |
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| State Rank | SE * | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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| USACE-agcp | FACU link |
| USACE-emp | FACU link |
