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. California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
5. Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
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. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
14. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
15. Frog Fruit
Phyla nodiflora
16. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
17. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
18. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
19. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
20. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
21. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
22. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
23. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
24. Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
25. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
26. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
27. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
28. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
29. Deer Brush
Ceanothus integerrimus
30. Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
31. California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
32. Golden Currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
33. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
34. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
35. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
36. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
37. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
38. Checkerbloom
Sidalcea malviflora
39. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
40. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
41. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
42. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
43. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
44. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
45. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
46. Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus latifolius
47. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
48. Chaparral Whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
49. Eastwood’s Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
50. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
51. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
52. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
53. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
54. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
55. California Four O’Clock
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
56. Slender Sunflower
Helianthus gracilentus
57. Leafstem Tickseed
Coreopsis calliopsidea
58. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
59. Fiberoptic Grass
Isolepis cernua
60. Hummingbird Trumpet
Epilobium canum subsp. angustifolium
61. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
62. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
63. Bitter Root
Lewisia rediviva
64. Canyon Liveforever
Dudleya cymosa
65. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
66. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
67. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
68. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
69. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
70. Indian Lettuce
Claytonia parviflora
71. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
72. Fringed Linanthus
Linanthus dianthiflorus
73. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
74. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
75. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
76. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
77. Rancheria Clover
Trifolium albopurpureum
78. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
79. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
80. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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