This list shows 77 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. California Hummingbird Sage
Salvia spathacea
8. Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
9. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
10. California Bush Sunflower
Encelia californica
11. Mexican Gold Poppy
Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana
12. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
13. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
14. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
15. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
16. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
17. Frog Fruit
Phyla nodiflora
18. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
19. Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
20. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
21. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
22. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
23. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
24. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
25. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
26. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
27. Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
28. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
29. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
30. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
31. Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
32. California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
33. Golden Currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum
34. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
35. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
36. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
37. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
38. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
39. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
40. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
41. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
42. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
43. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
44. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
45. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
46. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
47. Chaparral Whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
48. California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
49. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
50. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
51. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
52. Purple Owl’s Clover
Castilleja exserta
53. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
54. Slender Sunflower
Helianthus gracilentus
55. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
56. Fiberoptic Grass
Isolepis cernua
57. Hummingbird Trumpet
Epilobium canum subsp. angustifolium
58. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
59. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
60. Canyon Liveforever
Dudleya cymosa
61. Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata
62. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
63. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
64. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
65. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
66. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
67. California Gilia
Gilia achilleifolia
68. Indian Lettuce
Claytonia parviflora
69. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
70. Fringed Linanthus
Linanthus dianthiflorus
71. Miner’s Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
72. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
73. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
74. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
75. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
76. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
77. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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