This list shows 76 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. Creeping Barberry
Mahonia repens
5. California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
6. Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
7. Western Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
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. Frog Fruit
Phyla nodiflora
16. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
17. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
18. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
19. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
20. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
21. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
22. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
23. Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
24. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
25. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
26. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
27. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
28. Deer Brush
Ceanothus integerrimus
29. California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
30. Golden Currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
31. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
32. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
33. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
34. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
35. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
36. Checkerbloom
Sidalcea malviflora
37. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
38. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
39. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
40. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
41. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
42. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
43. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
44. Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus latifolius
45. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
46. Chaparral Whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
47. Eastwood’s Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
48. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
49. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
50. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
51. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
52. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
53. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
54. Slender Sunflower
Helianthus gracilentus
55. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
56. Fiberoptic Grass
Isolepis cernua
57. Hummingbird Trumpet
Epilobium canum subsp. angustifolium
58. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
59. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
60. Bitter Root
Lewisia rediviva
61. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
62. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
63. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
64. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
65. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
66. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
67. Indian Lettuce
Claytonia parviflora
68. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
69. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
70. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
71. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
72. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
73. Rancheria Clover
Trifolium albopurpureum
74. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
75. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
76. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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