This list shows 54 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. California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
3. Creeping Barberry
Mahonia repens
4. Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
5. Woods’ Rose
Rosa woodsii
6. Sulfurflower Buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
7. Desert Globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
8. Mexican Gold Poppy
Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana
9. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
10. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
11. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
12. Firecracker Penstemon
Penstemon eatonii
13. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
14. Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa
15. Common Woolly Sunflower
Eriophyllum lanatum
16. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
17. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
18. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
19. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
20. Desert Marigold
Baileya multiradiata
21. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
22. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
23. Colorado Four O’Clock
Mirabilis multiflora
24. Munro’s Globemallow
Sphaeralcea munroana
25. Silvery Lupine
Lupinus argenteus
26. Pale Evening Primrose
Oenothera pallida
27. Woods’ Rose
Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana
28. Birdcage Evening Primrose
Oenothera deltoides
29. Desert Penstemon
Penstemon ambiguus
30. Pink Alumroot
Heuchera rubescens
31. White Sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. albula
32. Pointleaf Manzanita
Arctostaphylos pungens
33. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
34. Southwestern Mock Vervain
Glandularia gooddingii
35. Red Dome Blanketflower
Gaillardia pinnatifida
36. Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis var. villosa
37. Arizona Blanketflower
Gaillardia arizonica
38. Fendler’s Globemallow
Sphaeralcea fendleri
39. Tuber Anemone
Anemone tuberosa
40. Woolly Desert Marigold
Baileya pleniradiata
41. Davis Mountain Mock Vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata
42. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
43. Palmer’s Penstemon
Penstemon palmeri
44. Mountain Coyote Mint
Monardella odoratissima
45. Small-Leaf Pussytoes
Antennaria parvifolia
46. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
47. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
48. Spreading Fleabane
Erigeron divergens
49. Snowball Sand Verbena
Abronia fragrans
50. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
51. Plains Pricklypear
Opuntia polyacantha
52. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
53. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
54. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
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