This list shows 75 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. California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
4. Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
5. Woods’ Rose
Rosa woodsii
6. Western Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
7. Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
8. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
9. California Bush Sunflower
Encelia californica
10. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
11. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
12. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
13. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
14. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
15. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
16. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
17. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
18. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
19. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
20. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
21. Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
22. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
23. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
24. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
25. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
26. Deer Brush
Ceanothus integerrimus
27. Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
28. California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
29. Golden Currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
30. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
31. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
32. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
33. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
34. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
35. Checkerbloom
Sidalcea malviflora
36. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
37. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
38. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
39. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
40. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
41. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
42. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
43. Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus latifolius
44. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
45. Chaparral Whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
46. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
47. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
48. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
49. White Sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. albula
50. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
51. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
52. Slender Sunflower
Helianthus gracilentus
53. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
54. Fiberoptic Grass
Isolepis cernua
55. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
56. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
57. Bitter Root
Lewisia rediviva
58. Canyon Liveforever
Dudleya cymosa
59. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
60. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
61. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
62. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
63. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
64. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
65. Indian Lettuce
Claytonia parviflora
66. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
67. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
68. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
69. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
70. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
71. Rancheria Clover
Trifolium albopurpureum
72. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
73. Whitetip Clover
Trifolium variegatum
74. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
75. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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