This list shows 104 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. Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
2. Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
3. Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
4. Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
5. Hairawn Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
6. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
7. Large-Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora
8. Trumpet Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
9. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
10. White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
11. Mealycup Sage
Salvia farinacea
12. Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
13. Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
14. Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
15. Purple Poppymallow
Callirhoe involucrata
16. Fringeleaf Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
17. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
18. Pinkladies
Oenothera speciosa
19. Indian Blanket
Gaillardia pulchella
20. Plains Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
21. Azure Blue Sage
Salvia azurea
22. Graceful Spurge
Euphorbia hypericifolia
23. Yellow Wild Indigo
Baptisia sphaerocarpa
24. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
25. Lindheimer’s Beeblossom
Oenothera lindheimeri
26. Texas Bluebonnet
Lupinus texensis
27. Rose Mock Vervain
Glandularia canadensis
28. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
29. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
30. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
31. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
32. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
33. Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
34. Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa
35. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
36. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
37. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
38. Bigfruit Evening Primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa
39. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
40. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
41. Lyreleaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
42. Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
43. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
44. Bigfruit Evening Primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa
45. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
46. Maximilian Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
47. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
48. White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
49. Berlandier’s Sundrops
Oenothera berlandieri
50. Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
51. Lemon Beebalm
Monarda citriodora
52. Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
53. Fringed Bluestar
Amsonia ciliata
54. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
55. Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia
56. Dakota Mock Vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida
57. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
58. Lanceleaf Blanketflower
Gaillardia aestivalis
59. Dotted Blazing Star
Liatris punctata
60. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
61. Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
62. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
63. Scaly Blazing Star
Liatris squarrosa
64. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
65. Blue Wild Indigo
Baptisia minor
66. Largeflower Fameflower
Phemeranthus calycinus
67. Spotted St. John’s Wort
Hypericum punctatum
68. Late Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum patens
69. Blue Sedge
Carex glaucodea
70. Plains Pricklypear
Opuntia macrorhiza
71. Smooth Wild Petunia
Ruellia strepens
72. Parlin’s Pussytoes
Antennaria parlinii
73. St. Andrew’s Cross
Hypericum hypericoides
74. Violet Wood-Sorrel
Oxalis violacea
75. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
76. Slender Lespedeza
Lespedeza virginica
77. Jersey Tea
Ceanothus herbaceus
78. Early Blue Violet
Viola palmata
79. Hairy Lespedeza
Lespedeza hirta
80. Straggler Daisy
Calyptocarpus vialis
81. Narrowleaf Stoneseed
Lithospermum incisum
82. Sidebeak Pencilflower
Stylosanthes biflora
83. Shaggy Dwarf Morning-Glory
Evolvulus nuttallianus
84. Light Poppymallow
Callirhoe alcaeoides
85. Dotted Blazing Star
Liatris punctata var. mucronata
86. Berlandier’s Yellow Flax
Linum berlandieri
87. Palmleaf Poppymallow
Callirhoe pedata
88. Fleur Petard
Ruellia ciliatiflora
89. Tenpetal Thimbleweed
Anemone berlandieri
90. Creek Sedge
Carex amphibola
91. Downy Phlox
Phlox pilosa
92. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
93. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
94. Prairie Ragwort
Packera plattensis
95. Whitemouth Dayflower
Commelina erecta
96. Northern Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris
97. Bush’s Sedge
Carex bushii
98. Prairie Fleabane
Erigeron strigosus
99. Cutleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera laciniata
100. Texas Bluegrass
Poa arachnifera
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