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. Coral Bells
Heuchera sanguinea
2. California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
3. Golden Beard Penstemon
Penstemon barbatus
4. Indian Blanket
Gaillardia pulchella
5. Desert Globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
6. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
7. Mexican Gold Poppy
Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana
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. Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
14. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
15. Lemon Beebalm
Monarda citriodora
16. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
17. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
18. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
19. Spineless Prickly Pear
Opuntia ellisiana
20. Desert Marigold
Baileya multiradiata
21. Big Sacaton
Sporobolus wrightii
22. Parry’s Penstemon
Penstemon parryi
23. Purple Pricklypear
Opuntia macrocentra
24. Rocky Mountain Zinnia
Zinnia grandiflora
25. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
26. Dakota Mock Vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida
27. Bullgrass
Muhlenbergia emersleyi
28. Arizona Beggarticks
Bidens aurea
29. Tree Cholla
Cylindropuntia imbricata
30. Fameflower
Talinum paniculatum
31. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
32. Silvery Lupine
Lupinus argenteus
33. Doctorbush
Plumbago zeylanica
34. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
35. White Sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. albula
36. Santa Catalina Prairie Clover
Dalea pulchra
37. Pointleaf Manzanita
Arctostaphylos pungens
38. Featherplume
Dalea formosa
39. Shaggy Dwarf Morning-Glory
Evolvulus nuttallianus
40. Southwestern Mock Vervain
Glandularia gooddingii
41. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
42. Violet Wild Petunia
Ruellia nudiflora
43. Arizona Blanketflower
Gaillardia arizonica
44. Fendler’s Globemallow
Sphaeralcea fendleri
45. Tuber Anemone
Anemone tuberosa
46. Woolly Desert Marigold
Baileya pleniradiata
47. Fleur Petard
Ruellia ciliatiflora
48. Davis Mountain Mock Vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata
49. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
50. Fairy Duster
Calliandra eriophylla
51. Engelmann’s Pricklypear
Opuntia engelmannii
52. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
53. Whitemouth Dayflower
Commelina erecta
54. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
55. Spreading Fleabane
Erigeron divergens
56. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
57. Slender Grama
Bouteloua repens
58. Whiplash Pappusgrass
Pappophorum vaginatum
59. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
60. Arizona Cottontop
Digitaria californica
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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