This list shows 84 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. Chuparosa
Justicia californica
3. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
4. Desertbroom
Baccharis sarothroides
5. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
6. Jojoba
Simmondsia chinensis
7. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
8. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
9. Catalina Currant
Ribes viburnifolium
10. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
11. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
12. Shaw’s Agave
Agave shawii
13. Velvet Mesquite
Prosopis velutina
14. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
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. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
21. Southwestern Mock Vervain
Glandularia gooddingii
22. Wild Canterbury Bells
Phacelia minor
23. California Four O’Clock
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
24. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
25. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
26. Bristly Matilija Poppy
Romneya trichocalyx
27. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
28. Sacred Thorn-Apple
Datura wrightii
29. Tulip Pricklypear
Opuntia phaeacantha
30. Desert Lily
Hesperocallis undulata
31. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
32. Racemed Fiestaflower
Pholistoma racemosum
33. Mojave Yucca
Yucca schidigera
34. Bush Rue
Cneoridium dumosum
35. Bastardsage
Eriogonum wrightii
36. Western Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana
37. California Copperleaf
Acalypha californica
38. San Diego Ragweed
Ambrosia pumila
39. Common Fiddleneck
Amsinckia intermedia
40. Pride Of California
Lathyrus splendens
41. Coville’s Lipfern
Myriopteris covillei
42. Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea
43. Distant Phacelia
Phacelia distans
44. Dehesa Nolina
Nolina interrata
45. Emory’s Globemallow
Sphaeralcea emoryi
46. Spike Dropseed
Sporobolus contractus
47. Bajada Lupine
Lupinus concinnus
48. Stiff-Haired Lotus
Acmispon strigosus
49. Santa Ana Pitcher Sage
Lepechinia cardiophylla
50. Brownplume Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria pauciflora
51. Slender Poreleaf
Porophyllum gracile
52. Fall Tansyaster
Dieteria asteroides
53. Rough Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea var. aspera
54. Thinleaf Fourwing Saltbush
Atriplex linearis
55. Singlewhorl Burrobrush
Ambrosia monogyra
56. Black-Banded Rabbitbrush
Ericameria paniculata
57. Bractscale
Atriplex serenana
58. Coastal Bird’s-Foot Trefoil
Acmispon maritimus
59. Coastal Cholla
Cylindropuntia prolifera
60. Fringed Twinevine
Funastrum cynanchoides
61. Interior California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium
62. Flatspine Bur Ragweed
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
63. Palmer Amaranth
Amaranthus palmeri
64. Thistle Sage
Salvia carduacea
65. California Croton
Croton californicus
66. Hairy Yerba Santa
Eriodictyon trichocalyx
67. Whisperingbells
Emmenanthe penduliflora
68. Snake Cholla
Cylindropuntia californica
69. California Jointfir
Ephedra californica
70. Spotted Locoweed
Astragalus lentiginosus
71. San Diego Bursage
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia
72. California Suncup
Eulobus californicus
73. Tar Vine
Boerhavia coccinea
74. Bladderpod Spiderflower
Peritoma arborea
75. Otay Mountain Lotus
Hosackia crassifolia var. otayensis
76. Whitestem Blazingstar
Mentzelia albicaulis
77. Littleseed Muhly
Muhlenbergia microsperma
78. Evening Primrose
Camissoniopsis ignota
79. Royal Goldfields
Lasthenia coronaria
80. Bristly Fiddleneck
Amsinckia tessellata
81. Sixweeks Threeawn
Aristida adscensionis
82. Mexican Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia
83. Emory’s Laphamia
Laphamia emoryi
84. Kellogg’s Spikeweed
Deinandra kelloggii
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