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