This list shows 59 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. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
12. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
13. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
14. Frog Fruit
Phyla nodiflora
15. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
16. Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
17. Southern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
18. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
19. California Wildrose
Rosa californica
20. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
21. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
22. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
23. Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
24. Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
25. Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
26. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
27. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
28. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
29. Smallflower Melic Grass
Melica imperfecta
30. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
31. Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
32. California Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
33. California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
34. Checkerbloom
Sidalcea malviflora
35. Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
36. Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
37. Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
38. Southern Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
39. Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
40. California Goldenrod
Solidago californica
41. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides
42. Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
43. Chick Lupine
Lupinus microcarpus
44. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
45. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
46. Grape Soda Lupine
Lupinus excubitus
47. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
48. California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
49. Giant Wildrye
Leymus condensatus
50. Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
51. Island False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia
52. Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
53. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
54. Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
55. Telegraphweed
Heterotheca grandiflora
56. Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
57. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
58. Annual Wall-Rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
59. Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
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