This list shows 83 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. Coral Bells
Heuchera sanguinea
2. California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
3. Parry’s Agave
Agave parryi
4. Golden Beard Penstemon
Penstemon barbatus
5. California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
6. Indian Blanket
Gaillardia pulchella
7. Desert Globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
8. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
9. Mexican Gold Poppy
Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana
10. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
11. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
12. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
13. Firecracker Penstemon
Penstemon eatonii
14. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
15. Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa
16. Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
17. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
18. Lemon Beebalm
Monarda citriodora
19. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
20. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
21. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
22. Spineless Prickly Pear
Opuntia ellisiana
23. Desert Marigold
Baileya multiradiata
24. Big Sacaton
Sporobolus wrightii
25. Parry’s Penstemon
Penstemon parryi
26. Purple Pricklypear
Opuntia macrocentra
27. Rocky Mountain Zinnia
Zinnia grandiflora
28. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
29. Dakota Mock Vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida
30. Bullgrass
Muhlenbergia emersleyi
31. Arizona Beggarticks
Bidens aurea
32. Banana Yucca
Yucca baccata
33. Tree Cholla
Cylindropuntia imbricata
34. Fameflower
Talinum paniculatum
35. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
36. Silvery Lupine
Lupinus argenteus
37. Doctorbush
Plumbago zeylanica
38. Gregg’s Prairie Clover
Dalea greggii
39. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
40. White Sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. albula
41. Santa Catalina Prairie Clover
Dalea pulchra
42. Pointleaf Manzanita
Arctostaphylos pungens
43. Featherplume
Dalea formosa
44. Shaggy Dwarf Morning-Glory
Evolvulus nuttallianus
45. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
46. Southwestern Mock Vervain
Glandularia gooddingii
47. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
48. Smooth Prickly Pear
Opuntia engelmannii var. laevis
49. Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis var. villosa
50. Purple Cluster Geranium
Geranium caespitosum
51. Violet Wild Petunia
Ruellia nudiflora
52. New Mexico Feathergrass
Stipa neomexicana
53. Arizona Blanketflower
Gaillardia arizonica
54. Fendler’s Globemallow
Sphaeralcea fendleri
55. Tuber Anemone
Anemone tuberosa
56. Rose Heath
Chaetopappa ericoides
57. Pringle’s Prairie Clover
Dalea pringlei
58. Woolly Desert Marigold
Baileya pleniradiata
59. Fleur Petard
Ruellia ciliatiflora
60. Davis Mountain Mock Vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata
61. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
62. Hairy Goldenaster
Heterotheca villosa
63. Fairy Duster
Calliandra eriophylla
64. Engelmann’s Pricklypear
Opuntia engelmannii
65. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
66. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
67. Whitemouth Dayflower
Commelina erecta
68. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
69. Spreading Fleabane
Erigeron divergens
70. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
71. Slender Grama
Bouteloua repens
72. Whiplash Pappusgrass
Pappophorum vaginatum
73. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
74. Showy Goldeneye
Heliomeris multiflora
75. Arizona Cottontop
Digitaria californica
76. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
77. Kiss Me Quick
Portulaca pilosa
78. Arizona Lupine
Lupinus arizonicus
79. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
80. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
81. Asthma-Plant
Euphorbia hirta
82. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
83. Mucronate Sprangletop
Leptochloa panicea
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