This list shows 75 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. California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
4. Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
5. Woods’ Rose
Rosa woodsii
6. Western Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
7. Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
8. California Bush Sunflower
Encelia californica
9. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
10. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
11. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
12. Frog Fruit
Phyla nodiflora
13. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
14. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
15. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
16. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
17. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
18. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
19. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
20. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
21. Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
22. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
23. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
24. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
25. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
26. Deer Brush
Ceanothus integerrimus
27. Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
28. California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
29. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
30. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
31. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
32. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
33. Checkerbloom
Sidalcea malviflora
34. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
35. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
36. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
37. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
38. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
39. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
40. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
41. Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus latifolius
42. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
43. Birdcage Evening Primrose
Oenothera deltoides
44. Chaparral Whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
45. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
46. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
47. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
48. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
49. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
50. California Four O’Clock
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
51. Slender Sunflower
Helianthus gracilentus
52. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
53. Fiberoptic Grass
Isolepis cernua
54. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
55. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
56. Bitter Root
Lewisia rediviva
57. Canyon Liveforever
Dudleya cymosa
58. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
59. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
60. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
61. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
62. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
63. California Gilia
Gilia achilleifolia
64. Indian Lettuce
Claytonia parviflora
65. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
66. Fringed Linanthus
Linanthus dianthiflorus
67. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
68. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
69. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
70. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
71. Rancheria Clover
Trifolium albopurpureum
72. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
73. Whitetip Clover
Trifolium variegatum
74. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
75. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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