This list shows 89 xeriscape plants that are native to your location, and are carried in nurseries. Plants are ordered by their popularity in gardening applications.
Click on any thumbnail to view more information about the plant - including an interactive native range map, climate suitability analysis and irrigation requirements for your location, nursery coverage, photos, plant description and cultivation tips. Click on any "add to plantlist" button to add that plant to your custom plantlist. Less
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. Broom Snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
15. Snapdragon Penstemon
Keckiella antirrhinoides
16. Anderson’s Boxthorn
Lycium andersonii
17. Munz’s Sage
Salvia munzii
18. Golden Snake Cactus
Bergerocactus emoryi
19. Baja Bush Snapdragon
Gambelia juncea
20. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
21. Southwestern Mock Vervain
Glandularia gooddingii
22. Baja Rose
Rosa minutifolia
23. Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis var. villosa
24. California Four O’Clock
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
25. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
26. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
27. Bristly Matilija Poppy
Romneya trichocalyx
28. Mexican Flannelbush
Fremontodendron mexicanum
29. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
30. Sacred Thorn-Apple
Datura wrightii
31. Tulip Pricklypear
Opuntia phaeacantha
32. Engelmann’s Hedgehog Cactus
Echinocereus engelmannii
33. Desert Lily
Hesperocallis undulata
34. Strawberry Cactus
Mammillaria dioica
35. Threadleaf Ragwort
Senecio flaccidus
36. California Boxthorn
Lycium californicum
37. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
38. Racemed Fiestaflower
Pholistoma racemosum
39. Mojave Yucca
Yucca schidigera
40. Bush Rue
Cneoridium dumosum
41. Western Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana
42. California Copperleaf
Acalypha californica
43. San Diego Ragweed
Ambrosia pumila
44. Red Sand Verbena
Abronia maritima
45. Common Fiddleneck
Amsinckia intermedia
46. Pride Of California
Lathyrus splendens
47. Coville’s Lipfern
Myriopteris covillei
48. Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea
49. Cliff Spurge
Euphorbia misera
50. Distant Phacelia
Phacelia distans
51. Dehesa Nolina
Nolina interrata
52. Rock Gooseberry
Ribes quercetorum
53. Emory’s Globemallow
Sphaeralcea emoryi
54. Spike Dropseed
Sporobolus contractus
55. Bajada Lupine
Lupinus concinnus
56. Stiff-Haired Lotus
Acmispon strigosus
57. Slender Poreleaf
Porophyllum gracile
58. Rough Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea var. aspera
59. Smooth Threadleaf Ragwort
Senecio flaccidus var. monoensis
60. Thinleaf Fourwing Saltbush
Atriplex linearis
61. Singlewhorl Burrobrush
Ambrosia monogyra
62. Texas Stork’s Bill
Erodium texanum
63. Bractscale
Atriplex serenana
64. Coastal Bird’s-Foot Trefoil
Acmispon maritimus
65. Coastal Cholla
Cylindropuntia prolifera
66. Fringed Twinevine
Funastrum cynanchoides
67. Interior California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium
68. Flatspine Bur Ragweed
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
69. Palmer Amaranth
Amaranthus palmeri
70. Thistle Sage
Salvia carduacea
71. Whisperingbells
Emmenanthe penduliflora
72. Snake Cholla
Cylindropuntia californica
73. California Jointfir
Ephedra californica
74. Spotted Locoweed
Astragalus lentiginosus
75. San Diego Bursage
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia
76. California Suncup
Eulobus californicus
77. Bladderpod Spiderflower
Peritoma arborea
78. Otay Mountain Lotus
Hosackia crassifolia var. otayensis
79. Whitestem Blazingstar
Mentzelia albicaulis
80. Nuttall’s Povertyweed
Blitum nuttallianum
81. Littleseed Muhly
Muhlenbergia microsperma
82. Evening Primrose
Camissoniopsis ignota
83. Royal Goldfields
Lasthenia coronaria
84. Eastwood’s Fiddleneck
Amsinckia eastwoodiae
85. Bristly Fiddleneck
Amsinckia tessellata
86. Sixweeks Threeawn
Aristida adscensionis
87. Saltmarsh Bird’s-Beak
Chloropyron maritimum
88. Mexican Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia
89. Emory’s Laphamia
Laphamia emoryi
My Garden Plantlist
(0 Plants )