This list shows 91 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. Woods’ Rose
Rosa woodsii
7. Western Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
8. Bunchleaf Penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus
9. California Fescue
Festuca californica
10. California Hummingbird Sage
Salvia spathacea
11. Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
12. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
13. California Bush Sunflower
Encelia californica
14. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
15. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
16. Oregon Grape
Mahonia aquifolium
17. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
18. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
19. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
20. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
21. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
22. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
23. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
24. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
25. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
26. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
27. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
28. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
29. Creeping Snowberry
Symphoricarpos mollis
30. Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
31. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
32. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
33. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
34. Deer Brush
Ceanothus integerrimus
35. Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
36. California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
37. Golden Currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
38. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
39. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
40. Southern Honeysuckle
Lonicera subspicata
41. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
42. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
43. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
44. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
45. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
46. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
47. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
48. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
49. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
50. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
51. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
52. Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus latifolius
53. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
54. Birdcage Evening Primrose
Oenothera deltoides
55. Chaparral Whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
56. Eastwood’s Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
57. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
58. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
59. Canyon Sunflower
Venegasia carpesioides
60. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
61. White Sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. albula
62. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
63. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
64. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
65. California Four O’Clock
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
66. Slender Sunflower
Helianthus gracilentus
67. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
68. Fiberoptic Grass
Isolepis cernua
69. Hummingbird Trumpet
Epilobium canum subsp. angustifolium
70. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
71. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
72. Bitter Root
Lewisia rediviva
73. Canyon Liveforever
Dudleya cymosa
74. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
75. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
76. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
77. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
78. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
79. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
80. California Gilia
Gilia achilleifolia
81. Indian Lettuce
Claytonia parviflora
82. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
83. Fringed Linanthus
Linanthus dianthiflorus
84. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
85. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
86. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
87. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
88. Rancheria Clover
Trifolium albopurpureum
89. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
90. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
91. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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