This list shows 73 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. California Hummingbird Sage
Salvia spathacea
9. Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
10. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
11. California Bush Sunflower
Encelia californica
12. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
13. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
14. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
15. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
16. Frog Fruit
Phyla nodiflora
17. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
18. Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
19. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
20. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
21. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
22. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
23. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
24. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
25. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
26. Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
27. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
28. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
29. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
30. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
31. Deer Brush
Ceanothus integerrimus
32. Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
33. California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
34. Golden Currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
35. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
36. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
37. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
38. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
39. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
40. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
41. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
42. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
43. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
44. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
45. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
46. Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus latifolius
47. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
48. Eastwood’s Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
49. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
50. Pointleaf Manzanita
Arctostaphylos pungens
51. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
52. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
53. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
54. California Four O’Clock
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
55. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
56. Hummingbird Trumpet
Epilobium canum subsp. angustifolium
57. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
58. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
59. Canyon Liveforever
Dudleya cymosa
60. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
61. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
62. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
63. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
64. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
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. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
72. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
73. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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