This list shows 87 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. Coyote Mint
Monardella villosa
8. Bunchleaf Penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus
9. California Hummingbird Sage
Salvia spathacea
10. Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
11. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
12. California Bush Sunflower
Encelia californica
13. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
14. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
15. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
16. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
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. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
25. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
26. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
27. Creeping Snowberry
Symphoricarpos mollis
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. Deer Brush
Ceanothus integerrimus
34. Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
35. California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
36. Giant Coreopsis
Coreopsis gigantea
37. Coastal Buckwheat
Eriogonum cinereum
38. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
39. Southern Honeysuckle
Lonicera subspicata
40. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
41. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
42. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
43. Checkerbloom
Sidalcea malviflora
44. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
45. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
46. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
47. Chalk Dudleya
Dudleya pulverulenta
48. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
49. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
50. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
51. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
52. Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus latifolius
53. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
54. Chaparral Whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
55. Eastwood’s Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
56. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
57. Canyon Sunflower
Venegasia carpesioides
58. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
59. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
60. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
61. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
62. California Four O’Clock
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
63. Slender Sunflower
Helianthus gracilentus
64. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
65. Hummingbird Trumpet
Epilobium canum subsp. angustifolium
66. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
67. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
68. Canyon Liveforever
Dudleya cymosa
69. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
70. Seashore Bentgrass
Agrostis pallens
71. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
72. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
73. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
74. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
75. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
76. Indian Lettuce
Claytonia parviflora
77. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
78. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis subsp. consanguinea
79. Fringed Linanthus
Linanthus dianthiflorus
80. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
81. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
82. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
83. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
84. Rancheria Clover
Trifolium albopurpureum
85. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
86. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
87. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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