Common Weeds of KY Forage Crops Common Name Scientific Name Amaranth, Spiny (Pigweed) Amaranthus spinosa Aster spp. (White Heath Aster) Symphyotrichum ericoides Burdock, Common Arctium minus Buttercup spp. Ranunculus spp Carrot, Wild (Queen Anne's Lace) Daucus carota Chickweed, Common Stellaria media Chicory Cichorium intybus Clover, White Trifolium repens Cocklebur, Common Xanthium strumarium Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Deadnettle, Purple Lamium purpureum Dock, Curly Rumex obtusifolius Dogbane, Hemp Apocynum cannabinum Garlic, Wild Allium canadense Goldenrod spp. Solidago spp Hemlock, Poison Conium maculatum Henbit Lamium amplexicaule Horsenettle Solanum carolinense Ironweed, Tall Vernonia altissima Jimsonweed Datura stramonium Lespedeza, Sericea Lespedeza cuneata Marshelder (Sumpweed) Iva anna Milkweed, Common Asclepias syriaca Mint, Perilla Perilla frutescens Multiflora Rose Rosa multiflora Passionflower, Maypop Passiflora incarnata Plantain, Broadleaf Plantago major Plantain, Buckhorn Plantago lanceolata Pokeweed, Common Phytolacca americana Ragweed, Common Ambrosia artemisiifolia Sorrel, Red (Sheep Sorrel) Rumex acetosa Thistle, Bull Cirsium vulgare Thistle, Canada Cirsium arvense Thistle, Musk Carduus nutans Thistle, Plumeless Carduus acanthoides Trumpetcreeper Campsis radicans Yarrow, Common Achillea millefolium