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