This list shows 76 groundcover plants that are native to your location, and are carried in nurseries. Plants are ordered by their popularity in gardening applications.
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1. California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
2. White Sage
Salvia apiana
3. Purple Sage
Salvia leucophylla
4. Creeping Barberry
Mahonia repens
5. California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
6. Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
7. Western Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
8. Bunchleaf Penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus
9. California Hummingbird Sage
Salvia spathacea
10. Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
11. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
12. California Bush Sunflower
Encelia californica
13. Mexican Gold Poppy
Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana
14. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
15. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
16. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
17. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
18. Frog Fruit
Phyla nodiflora
19. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
20. Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
21. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
22. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
23. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
24. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
25. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
26. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
27. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
28. Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
29. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
30. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
31. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
32. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
33. Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
34. California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
35. Golden Currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
36. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
37. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
38. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
39. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
40. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
41. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
42. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
43. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
44. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
45. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
46. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
47. Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus latifolius
48. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
49. Chaparral Whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
50. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
51. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
52. Pointleaf Manzanita
Arctostaphylos pungens
53. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
54. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
55. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
56. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
57. Hummingbird Trumpet
Epilobium canum subsp. angustifolium
58. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
59. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
60. Canyon Liveforever
Dudleya cymosa
61. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
62. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
63. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
64. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
65. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
66. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
67. California Gilia
Gilia achilleifolia
68. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
69. Fringed Linanthus
Linanthus dianthiflorus
70. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
71. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
72. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
73. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
74. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
75. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
76. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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