Plant id

I need help identifying a weed in my yard. The last three pictures in my photo album are the ones I need help with. These are all over my yard. They have a cone like thing on the top filled with what looks like seeds or flower buds. The leaves are long and thin, shiny darker green on the front and a white/silverish color on back. The stem/stalk is white. Any ideas?

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The second picture might be a stinging nettle. Pretty sure, I'm wrong,I only based this on the small looking spikes on the end of the leaves. I don't have a clue, what the first one might be.

There is an app called plant snap which can help to identify plants based on leaves and flowers

The plant with the three leaves is a purple prairie trillium - https://www.springhillnursery.com/product/purple-prairie-trillium-?p=0439751&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsd31rN_p4QIVjZyzCh2IiQDaEAYYASABEgKqCPD_BwE

I think the second one may be one of the varities of Loosestrife, which is a very invasive plant. -

https://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/33630-product.html

It's possible the extension agent did not recognize them as they are not native to Alabama.

I think it may be a type of cudweed, Gamochaeta coartata. I tried to up load some more pictures of it. Not sure if they all came through. I didn't mean to include the Little Sweet Betsy in my pictures. They are beautiful,though. They are all over the woods behind my house..