This list shows 73 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. Western Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
6. California Hummingbird Sage
Salvia spathacea
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. Frog Fruit
Phyla nodiflora
13. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
14. Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
15. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
16. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
17. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
18. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
19. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
20. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
21. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
22. Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
23. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
24. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
25. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
26. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
27. Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
28. California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
29. Giant Coreopsis
Coreopsis gigantea
30. Coastal Buckwheat
Eriogonum cinereum
31. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
32. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
33. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
34. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
35. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
36. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
37. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
38. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
39. Chalk Dudleya
Dudleya pulverulenta
40. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
41. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
42. Seacliff Buckwheat
Eriogonum parvifolium
43. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
44. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
45. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
46. Chick Lupine
Lupinus microcarpus
47. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
48. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
49. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
50. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
51. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
52. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
53. California Four O’Clock
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
54. Slender Sunflower
Helianthus gracilentus
55. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
56. Fiberoptic Grass
Isolepis cernua
57. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
58. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
59. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
60. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
61. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
62. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
63. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
64. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
65. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis subsp. consanguinea
66. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
67. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
68. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
69. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
70. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
71. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
72. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
73. Silverweed Cinquefoil
Potentilla anserina
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