This list shows 81 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. Mexican Gold Poppy
Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana
13. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
14. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
15. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
16. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
17. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
18. Frog Fruit
Phyla nodiflora
19. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
20. Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
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. Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
30. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
31. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
32. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
33. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
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. 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. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
48. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
49. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
50. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
51. Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus latifolius
52. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
53. Chaparral Whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
54. Eastwood’s Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
55. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
56. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
57. Pointleaf Manzanita
Arctostaphylos pungens
58. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
59. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
60. California Four O’Clock
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
61. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
62. Hummingbird Trumpet
Epilobium canum subsp. angustifolium
63. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
64. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
65. Bitter Root
Lewisia rediviva
66. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
67. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
68. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
69. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
70. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
71. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
72. Indian Lettuce
Claytonia parviflora
73. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
74. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
75. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
76. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
77. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
78. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
79. Whitetip Clover
Trifolium variegatum
80. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
81. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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