Amaranthus albus
This
is a large and widely distributed family, particularly abundant in warm regions.
Most of the species are rough or coarse annual and perennial herbs with
alternate or opposite simple leaves, and small, dry flowers much like those in
the goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae.
The flowers are usually in dense clusters and always subtended by 2 to 3
small, colored, papery bracts or scales. The
fruit is a small utricle. The
principal genus in California is Amaranthus,
a number of species of which are weeds, and the best known ornamental in the
family is the cockscomb, Celosia cristata.
(Robbins et al. 159).
About 40 genera and 500 species, largely of warm climates. (Munz, Flora So. Calif. 60).
Upper Newport Bay species within the family.
Amaranthus
blitoides x albus
Amaranthus
blitoides #
Amaranthus
deflexus 
Amaranthus hybridus
Amaranthus retroflexus