This list shows 56 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. Golden Beard Penstemon
Penstemon barbatus
3. Indian Blanket
Gaillardia pulchella
4. Desert Globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
5. Mexican Gold Poppy
Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana
6. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
7. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
8. Firecracker Penstemon
Penstemon eatonii
9. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
10. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
11. Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
12. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
13. Lemon Beebalm
Monarda citriodora
14. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
15. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
16. Desert Marigold
Baileya multiradiata
17. Big Sacaton
Sporobolus wrightii
18. Parry’s Penstemon
Penstemon parryi
19. Purple Pricklypear
Opuntia macrocentra
20. Rocky Mountain Zinnia
Zinnia grandiflora
21. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
22. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
23. Dakota Mock Vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida
24. Arizona Beggarticks
Bidens aurea
25. Tree Cholla
Cylindropuntia imbricata
26. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
27. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
28. Santa Catalina Prairie Clover
Dalea pulchra
29. Featherplume
Dalea formosa
30. Southwestern Mock Vervain
Glandularia gooddingii
31. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
32. Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis var. villosa
33. Violet Wild Petunia
Ruellia nudiflora
34. Arizona Blanketflower
Gaillardia arizonica
35. Fendler’s Globemallow
Sphaeralcea fendleri
36. Woolly Desert Marigold
Baileya pleniradiata
37. Fleur Petard
Ruellia ciliatiflora
38. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
39. Hairy Goldenaster
Heterotheca villosa
40. Fairy Duster
Calliandra eriophylla
41. Engelmann’s Pricklypear
Opuntia engelmannii
42. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
43. Whitemouth Dayflower
Commelina erecta
44. Spreading Fleabane
Erigeron divergens
45. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
46. Slender Grama
Bouteloua repens
47. Whiplash Pappusgrass
Pappophorum vaginatum
48. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
49. Arizona Cottontop
Digitaria californica
50. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
51. Arizona Lupine
Lupinus arizonicus
52. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
53. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
54. Asthma-Plant
Euphorbia hirta
55. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
56. Mucronate Sprangletop
Leptochloa panicea
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