Plant/weed identification

[Janno]

Can anyone help me to identify this plant/weed?, there are many of these growing around the outside of my friends house, are they bad news?, how do I kill them?, many thanks Janno

 

[cpp gardener]

It looks like Jupiter’s Beard to me. Hard to tell without flowers, but that’s my best guess.

 

[Janno]

It looks like Jupiter’s Beard to me. Hard to tell without flowers, but that’s my best guess.

Great thanks for that info I'll look it up now ...