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. Bunchleaf Penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus
8. California Hummingbird Sage
Salvia spathacea
9. Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
10. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
11. California Bush Sunflower
Encelia californica
12. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
13. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
14. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
15. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
16. Frog Fruit
Phyla nodiflora
17. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
18. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
19. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
20. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
21. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
22. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
23. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
24. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
25. Creeping Snowberry
Symphoricarpos mollis
26. Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
27. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
28. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
29. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
30. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
31. Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
32. California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
33. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
34. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
35. Southern Honeysuckle
Lonicera subspicata
36. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
37. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
38. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
39. Checkerbloom
Sidalcea malviflora
40. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
41. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
42. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
43. Chalk Dudleya
Dudleya pulverulenta
44. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
45. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
46. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
47. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
48. Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus latifolius
49. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
50. Chick Lupine
Lupinus microcarpus
51. Chaparral Whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
52. Eastwood’s Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
53. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
54. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
55. Canyon Sunflower
Venegasia carpesioides
56. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
57. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
58. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
59. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
60. California Four O’Clock
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
61. Slender Sunflower
Helianthus gracilentus
62. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
63. Fiberoptic Grass
Isolepis cernua
64. Hummingbird Trumpet
Epilobium canum subsp. angustifolium
65. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
66. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
67. Bitter Root
Lewisia rediviva
68. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
69. Seashore Bentgrass
Agrostis pallens
70. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
71. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
72. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
73. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
74. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
75. California Gilia
Gilia achilleifolia
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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