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. Coral Bells
Heuchera sanguinea
2. California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
3. Parry’s Agave
Agave parryi
4. Golden Beard Penstemon
Penstemon barbatus
5. Indian Blanket
Gaillardia pulchella
6. Desert Globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
7. Mexican Gold Poppy
Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana
8. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
9. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
10. Firecracker Penstemon
Penstemon eatonii
11. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
12. Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa
13. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
14. Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
15. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
16. Lemon Beebalm
Monarda citriodora
17. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
18. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
19. Spineless Prickly Pear
Opuntia ellisiana
20. Desert Marigold
Baileya multiradiata
21. Big Sacaton
Sporobolus wrightii
22. Parry’s Penstemon
Penstemon parryi
23. Purple Pricklypear
Opuntia macrocentra
24. Rocky Mountain Zinnia
Zinnia grandiflora
25. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
26. Dakota Mock Vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida
27. Bullgrass
Muhlenbergia emersleyi
28. Arizona Beggarticks
Bidens aurea
29. Tree Cholla
Cylindropuntia imbricata
30. Fameflower
Talinum paniculatum
31. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
32. Silvery Lupine
Lupinus argenteus
33. Doctorbush
Plumbago zeylanica
34. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
35. White Sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. albula
36. Santa Catalina Prairie Clover
Dalea pulchra
37. Pointleaf Manzanita
Arctostaphylos pungens
38. Featherplume
Dalea formosa
39. Shaggy Dwarf Morning-Glory
Evolvulus nuttallianus
40. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
41. Southwestern Mock Vervain
Glandularia gooddingii
42. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
43. Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis var. villosa
44. Purple Cluster Geranium
Geranium caespitosum
45. Violet Wild Petunia
Ruellia nudiflora
46. New Mexico Feathergrass
Stipa neomexicana
47. Arizona Blanketflower
Gaillardia arizonica
48. Fendler’s Globemallow
Sphaeralcea fendleri
49. Tuber Anemone
Anemone tuberosa
50. Pringle’s Prairie Clover
Dalea pringlei
51. Woolly Desert Marigold
Baileya pleniradiata
52. Fleur Petard
Ruellia ciliatiflora
53. Davis Mountain Mock Vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata
54. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
55. Hairy Goldenaster
Heterotheca villosa
56. Fairy Duster
Calliandra eriophylla
57. Engelmann’s Pricklypear
Opuntia engelmannii
58. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
59. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
60. Whitemouth Dayflower
Commelina erecta
61. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
62. Spreading Fleabane
Erigeron divergens
63. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
64. Slender Grama
Bouteloua repens
65. Whiplash Pappusgrass
Pappophorum vaginatum
66. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
67. Arizona Cottontop
Digitaria californica
68. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
69. Kiss Me Quick
Portulaca pilosa
70. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
71. Arizona Lupine
Lupinus arizonicus
72. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
73. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
74. Asthma-Plant
Euphorbia hirta
75. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
76. Mucronate Sprangletop
Leptochloa panicea
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