This list shows 80 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. Creeping Barberry
Mahonia repens
5. California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
6. Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
7. Western Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
8. Bunchleaf Penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus
9. California Hummingbird Sage
Salvia spathacea
10. Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
11. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
12. California Bush Sunflower
Encelia californica
13. Mexican Gold Poppy
Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana
14. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
15. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
16. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
17. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
18. Frog Fruit
Phyla nodiflora
19. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
20. Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
21. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
22. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
23. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
24. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
25. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
26. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
27. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
28. Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
29. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
30. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
31. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
32. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
33. Deer Brush
Ceanothus integerrimus
34. Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
35. California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
36. Golden Currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
37. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
38. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
39. Southern Honeysuckle
Lonicera subspicata
40. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
41. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
42. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
43. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
44. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
45. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
46. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
47. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
48. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
49. Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus latifolius
50. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
51. Chaparral Whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
52. Eastwood’s Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
53. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
54. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
55. Pointleaf Manzanita
Arctostaphylos pungens
56. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
57. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
58. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
59. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
60. Hummingbird Trumpet
Epilobium canum subsp. angustifolium
61. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
62. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
63. Canyon Liveforever
Dudleya cymosa
64. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
65. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
66. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
67. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
68. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
69. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
70. California Gilia
Gilia achilleifolia
71. Indian Lettuce
Claytonia parviflora
72. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
73. Fringed Linanthus
Linanthus dianthiflorus
74. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
75. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
76. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
77. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
78. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
79. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
80. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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