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. Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
9. Trumpet Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
10. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
11. White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
12. Mealycup Sage
Salvia farinacea
13. Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
14. Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
15. Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
16. Purple Poppymallow
Callirhoe involucrata
17. Fringeleaf Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
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. Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
24. Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
25. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
26. Texas Bluebonnet
Lupinus texensis
27. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
28. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
29. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
30. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
31. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
32. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
33. Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
34. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
35. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
36. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
37. Bigfruit Evening Primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa
38. Frog Fruit
Phyla nodiflora
39. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
40. Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
41. Seep Muhly
Muhlenbergia reverchonii
42. Bigfruit Evening Primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa
43. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
44. Maximilian Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
45. Berlandier’s Sundrops
Oenothera berlandieri
46. Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
47. Lemon Beebalm
Monarda citriodora
48. Fringed Bluestar
Amsonia ciliata
49. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
50. Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia
51. Berlandier’s Sundrops
Calylophus berlandieri
52. Pale Yucca
Yucca pallida
53. Dakota Mock Vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida
54. Prairie Lily
Zephyranthes drummondii
55. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
56. Lanceleaf Blanketflower
Gaillardia aestivalis
57. Dotted Blazing Star
Liatris punctata
58. Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
59. Scaly Blazing Star
Liatris squarrosa
60. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
61. Turk’s Cap
Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii
62. Tree Cholla
Cylindropuntia imbricata
63. Texas Prickly Pear
Opuntia lindheimeri
64. Engelmann’s Prickly Pear
Opuntia engelmannii var. cacanapa
65. Black Dalea
Dalea frutescens
66. Late Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum patens
67. Four-Nerve Daisy
Tetraneuris scaposa
68. Plains Pricklypear
Opuntia macrorhiza
69. Smooth Wild Petunia
Ruellia strepens
70. Parlin’s Pussytoes
Antennaria parlinii
71. St. Andrew’s Cross
Hypericum hypericoides
72. Texas Blazing Star
Liatris mucronata
73. Violet Wood-Sorrel
Oxalis violacea
74. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
75. Slender Lespedeza
Lespedeza virginica
76. Jersey Tea
Ceanothus herbaceus
77. Hairy Lespedeza
Lespedeza hirta
78. Straggler Daisy
Calyptocarpus vialis
79. Narrowleaf Stoneseed
Lithospermum incisum
80. Sidebeak Pencilflower
Stylosanthes biflora
81. Shaggy Dwarf Morning-Glory
Evolvulus nuttallianus
82. Snake Herb
Dyschoriste linearis
83. Violet Wild Petunia
Ruellia nudiflora
84. Twoleaf Senna
Senna roemeriana
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. Downy Phlox
Phlox pilosa
91. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
92. Engelmann’s Pricklypear
Opuntia engelmannii
93. Texas Sage
Salvia texana
94. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
95. Prairie Ragwort
Packera plattensis
96. Whitemouth Dayflower
Commelina erecta
97. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
98. Prairie Fleabane
Erigeron strigosus
99. Cutleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera laciniata
100. Texas Meadow Sedge
Carex perdentata
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