This list shows 75 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. California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
5. Western Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
6. California Hummingbird Sage
Salvia spathacea
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. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
14. Frog Fruit
Phyla nodiflora
15. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
16. Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
17. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
18. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
19. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
20. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
21. Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
22. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
23. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
24. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
25. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
26. Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
27. California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
28. Giant Coreopsis
Coreopsis gigantea
29. Coastal Buckwheat
Eriogonum cinereum
30. Conejo Buckwheat
Eriogonum crocatum
31. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
32. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
33. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
34. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
35. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
36. Checkerbloom
Sidalcea malviflora
37. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
38. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
39. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
40. Yerba Buena
Micromeria douglasii
41. Chalk Dudleya
Dudleya pulverulenta
42. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
43. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
44. Seacliff Buckwheat
Eriogonum parvifolium
45. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
46. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
47. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
48. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
49. Canyon Sunflower
Venegasia carpesioides
50. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
51. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
52. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
53. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
54. California Four O’Clock
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
55. Slender Sunflower
Helianthus gracilentus
56. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
57. Fiberoptic Grass
Isolepis cernua
58. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
59. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
60. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
61. Seashore Bentgrass
Agrostis pallens
62. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
63. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
64. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
65. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
66. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
67. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis subsp. consanguinea
68. Fringed Linanthus
Linanthus dianthiflorus
69. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
70. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
71. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
72. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
73. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
74. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
75. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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