This list shows 80 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. 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. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
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. Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
30. California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
31. Golden Currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
32. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
33. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
34. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
35. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
36. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
37. Checkerbloom
Sidalcea malviflora
38. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
39. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
40. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
41. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
42. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
43. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
44. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
45. Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus latifolius
46. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
47. Birdcage Evening Primrose
Oenothera deltoides
48. Chaparral Whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
49. Eastwood’s Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
50. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
51. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
52. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
53. White Sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. albula
54. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
55. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
56. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
57. Slender Sunflower
Helianthus gracilentus
58. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
59. Fiberoptic Grass
Isolepis cernua
60. Hummingbird Trumpet
Epilobium canum subsp. angustifolium
61. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
62. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
63. Bitter Root
Lewisia rediviva
64. Canyon Liveforever
Dudleya cymosa
65. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
66. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
67. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
68. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
69. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
70. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
71. Indian Lettuce
Claytonia parviflora
72. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
73. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
74. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
75. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
76. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
77. Rancheria Clover
Trifolium albopurpureum
78. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
79. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
80. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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