This list shows 90 xeriscape 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. Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa
2. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
3. Desertbroom
Baccharis sarothroides
4. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
5. Jojoba
Simmondsia chinensis
6. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
7. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
8. Catalina Currant
Ribes viburnifolium
9. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
10. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
11. Shaw’s Agave
Agave shawii
12. Velvet Mesquite
Prosopis velutina
13. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
14. Sea Dahlia
Coreopsis maritima
15. Broom Snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
16. Snapdragon Penstemon
Keckiella antirrhinoides
17. Anderson’s Boxthorn
Lycium andersonii
18. Munz’s Sage
Salvia munzii
19. Golden Snake Cactus
Bergerocactus emoryi
20. Baja Bush Snapdragon
Gambelia juncea
21. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
22. Southwestern Mock Vervain
Glandularia gooddingii
23. Baja Rose
Rosa minutifolia
24. Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis var. villosa
25. California Four O’Clock
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
26. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
27. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
28. Bristly Matilija Poppy
Romneya trichocalyx
29. Mexican Flannelbush
Fremontodendron mexicanum
30. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
31. Sacred Thorn-Apple
Datura wrightii
32. Tulip Pricklypear
Opuntia phaeacantha
33. Engelmann’s Hedgehog Cactus
Echinocereus engelmannii
34. Desert Lily
Hesperocallis undulata
35. Strawberry Cactus
Mammillaria dioica
36. Threadleaf Ragwort
Senecio flaccidus
37. California Boxthorn
Lycium californicum
38. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
39. Racemed Fiestaflower
Pholistoma racemosum
40. Mojave Yucca
Yucca schidigera
41. California Evening Primrose
Oenothera californica
42. Bush Rue
Cneoridium dumosum
43. Western Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana
44. California Copperleaf
Acalypha californica
45. San Diego Ragweed
Ambrosia pumila
46. Red Sand Verbena
Abronia maritima
47. Common Fiddleneck
Amsinckia intermedia
48. Pride Of California
Lathyrus splendens
49. Coville’s Lipfern
Myriopteris covillei
50. Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea
51. Cliff Spurge
Euphorbia misera
52. Distant Phacelia
Phacelia distans
53. Dehesa Nolina
Nolina interrata
54. Rock Gooseberry
Ribes quercetorum
55. Emory’s Globemallow
Sphaeralcea emoryi
56. Spike Dropseed
Sporobolus contractus
57. Bajada Lupine
Lupinus concinnus
58. Stiff-Haired Lotus
Acmispon strigosus
59. Slender Poreleaf
Porophyllum gracile
60. Rough Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea var. aspera
61. Smooth Threadleaf Ragwort
Senecio flaccidus var. monoensis
62. Singlewhorl Burrobrush
Ambrosia monogyra
63. Texas Stork’s Bill
Erodium texanum
64. Bractscale
Atriplex serenana
65. Coastal Bird’s-Foot Trefoil
Acmispon maritimus
66. Rush Milkweed
Asclepias subulata
67. Coastal Cholla
Cylindropuntia prolifera
68. Fringed Twinevine
Funastrum cynanchoides
69. Interior California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium
70. Flatspine Bur Ragweed
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
71. Thistle Sage
Salvia carduacea
72. California Croton
Croton californicus
73. Whisperingbells
Emmenanthe penduliflora
74. Snake Cholla
Cylindropuntia californica
75. California Jointfir
Ephedra californica
76. San Diego Bursage
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia
77. California Suncup
Eulobus californicus
78. Bladderpod Spiderflower
Peritoma arborea
79. Baja Birdbush
Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia
80. California Broomsage
Lepidospartum squamatum
81. Whitestem Blazingstar
Mentzelia albicaulis
82. Nuttall’s Povertyweed
Blitum nuttallianum
83. Littleseed Muhly
Muhlenbergia microsperma
84. Evening Primrose
Camissoniopsis ignota
85. Royal Goldfields
Lasthenia coronaria
86. Eastwood’s Fiddleneck
Amsinckia eastwoodiae
87. Sixweeks Threeawn
Aristida adscensionis
88. Saltmarsh Bird’s-Beak
Chloropyron maritimum
89. Mexican Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia
90. Emory’s Laphamia
Laphamia emoryi
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