This list shows 69 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. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
12. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
13. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
14. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
15. Frog Fruit
Phyla nodiflora
16. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
17. Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
18. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
19. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
20. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
21. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
22. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
23. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
24. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
25. Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
26. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
27. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
28. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
29. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
30. Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
31. Golden Currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
32. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
33. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
34. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
35. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
36. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
37. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
38. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
39. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
40. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
41. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
42. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
43. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
44. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
45. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
46. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
47. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
48. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
49. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
50. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
51. Fiberoptic Grass
Isolepis cernua
52. Hummingbird Trumpet
Epilobium canum subsp. angustifolium
53. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
54. Canyon Liveforever
Dudleya cymosa
55. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
56. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
57. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
58. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
59. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
60. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
61. Indian Lettuce
Claytonia parviflora
62. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
63. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
64. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
65. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
66. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
67. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
68. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
69. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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