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. Creeping Barberry
Mahonia repens
4. California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
5. Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
6. Western Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
7. Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
8. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
9. California Bush Sunflower
Encelia californica
10. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
11. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
12. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
13. Frog Fruit
Phyla nodiflora
14. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
15. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
16. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
17. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
18. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
19. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
20. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
21. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
22. Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
23. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
24. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
25. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
26. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
27. Deer Brush
Ceanothus integerrimus
28. Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
29. California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
30. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
31. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
32. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
33. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
34. Checkerbloom
Sidalcea malviflora
35. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
36. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
37. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
38. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
39. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
40. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
41. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
42. Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus latifolius
43. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
44. Chaparral Whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
45. Eastwood’s Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
46. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
47. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
48. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
49. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
50. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
51. California Four O’Clock
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
52. Slender Sunflower
Helianthus gracilentus
53. Leafstem Tickseed
Coreopsis calliopsidea
54. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
55. Fiberoptic Grass
Isolepis cernua
56. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
57. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
58. Bitter Root
Lewisia rediviva
59. Canyon Liveforever
Dudleya cymosa
60. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
61. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
62. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
63. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
64. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
65. Indian Lettuce
Claytonia parviflora
66. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
67. Fringed Linanthus
Linanthus dianthiflorus
68. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
69. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
70. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
71. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
72. Rancheria Clover
Trifolium albopurpureum
73. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
74. Whitetip Clover
Trifolium variegatum
75. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
76. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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