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