This list shows 111 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. Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
2. Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
3. Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
4. Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
5. Hairawn Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
6. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
7. Large-Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora
8. Trumpet Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
9. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
10. White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
11. Mealycup Sage
Salvia farinacea
12. Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
13. Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
14. Purple Poppymallow
Callirhoe involucrata
15. Scarlet Sage
Salvia coccinea
16. Fringeleaf Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
17. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
18. Pinkladies
Oenothera speciosa
19. Indian Blanket
Gaillardia pulchella
20. Plains Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
21. Azure Blue Sage
Salvia azurea
22. Graceful Spurge
Euphorbia hypericifolia
23. Yellow Wild Indigo
Baptisia sphaerocarpa
24. Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
25. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
26. Lindheimer’s Beeblossom
Oenothera lindheimeri
27. Texas Bluebonnet
Lupinus texensis
28. Rose Mock Vervain
Glandularia canadensis
29. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
30. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
31. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
32. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
33. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
34. Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
35. Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa
36. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
37. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
38. Frog Fruit
Phyla nodiflora
39. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
40. Lyreleaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
41. Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
42. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
43. Maximilian Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
44. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
45. White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
46. Berlandier’s Sundrops
Oenothera berlandieri
47. Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
48. Lemon Beebalm
Monarda citriodora
49. Beach Sunflower
Helianthus debilis
50. Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
51. Ozark Bluestar
Amsonia illustris
52. Sunshine Mimosa
Mimosa strigillosa
53. Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
54. Elliott’s Love Grass
Eragrostis elliottii
55. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
56. Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia
57. Texas Lantana
Lantana urticoides
58. Dakota Mock Vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida
59. Texas Bluebonnet
Lupinus subcarnosus
60. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
61. Lanceleaf Blanketflower
Gaillardia aestivalis
62. Dotted Blazing Star
Liatris punctata
63. Herb Of Grace
Bacopa monnieri
64. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
65. Western Silver Aster
Symphyotrichum sericeum
66. Scaly Blazing Star
Liatris squarrosa
67. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
68. Turk’s Cap
Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii
69. Carolina Wild Petunia
Ruellia caroliniensis
70. Narrowleaf Silkgrass
Pityopsis graminifolia
71. Texas Prickly Pear
Opuntia lindheimeri
72. Late Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum patens
73. Plains Pricklypear
Opuntia macrorhiza
74. Parlin’s Pussytoes
Antennaria parlinii
75. St. Andrew’s Cross
Hypericum hypericoides
76. Texas Blazing Star
Liatris mucronata
77. Violet Wood-Sorrel
Oxalis violacea
78. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
79. Slender Lespedeza
Lespedeza virginica
80. Jersey Tea
Ceanothus herbaceus
81. Early Blue Violet
Viola palmata
82. Hairy Lespedeza
Lespedeza hirta
83. Straggler Daisy
Calyptocarpus vialis
84. Narrowleaf Stoneseed
Lithospermum incisum
85. Sidebeak Pencilflower
Stylosanthes biflora
86. Shaggy Dwarf Morning-Glory
Evolvulus nuttallianus
87. Snake Herb
Dyschoriste linearis
88. Violet Wild Petunia
Ruellia nudiflora
89. Guatemalan Indigo
Indigofera suffruticosa
90. Crown Tickseed
Coreopsis nuecensis
91. Berlandier’s Yellow Flax
Linum berlandieri
92. Fleur Petard
Ruellia ciliatiflora
93. Tenpetal Thimbleweed
Anemone berlandieri
94. Wilcox’s Phlox
Phlox drummondii subsp. wilcoxiana
95. Downy Phlox
Phlox pilosa
96. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
97. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
98. Whitemouth Dayflower
Commelina erecta
99. Northern Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris
100. Bush’s Sedge
Carex bushii
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