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