This list shows 90 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. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
4. California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
5. Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
6. Woods’ Rose
Rosa woodsii
7. Western Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
8. Bunchleaf Penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus
9. Desert Globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
10. Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
11. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
12. California Bush Sunflower
Encelia californica
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. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
20. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
21. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
22. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
23. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
24. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
25. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
26. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
27. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
28. Desert Marigold
Baileya multiradiata
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. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
40. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
41. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
42. Checkerbloom
Sidalcea malviflora
43. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
44. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
45. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
46. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
47. Colorado Four O’Clock
Mirabilis multiflora
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. Birdcage Evening Primrose
Oenothera deltoides
54. Chick Lupine
Lupinus microcarpus
55. Chaparral Whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
56. Eastwood’s Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
57. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
58. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
59. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
60. Wavyleaf Ceanothus
Ceanothus foliosus
61. White Sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. albula
62. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
63. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
64. Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis var. villosa
65. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
66. California Four O’Clock
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
67. Slender Sunflower
Helianthus gracilentus
68. Woolly Desert Marigold
Baileya pleniradiata
69. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
70. Hummingbird Trumpet
Epilobium canum subsp. angustifolium
71. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
72. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
73. Bitter Root
Lewisia rediviva
74. Canyon Liveforever
Dudleya cymosa
75. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
76. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
77. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
78. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
79. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
80. California Lilac
Ceanothus pauciflorus
81. Indian Lettuce
Claytonia parviflora
82. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
83. Fringed Linanthus
Linanthus dianthiflorus
84. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
85. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
86. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
87. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
88. Rancheria Clover
Trifolium albopurpureum
89. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
90. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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