This list shows 85 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. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
2. Desertbroom
Baccharis sarothroides
3. California Juniper
Juniperus californica
4. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
5. Jojoba
Simmondsia chinensis
6. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
7. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
8. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
9. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
10. Velvet Mesquite
Prosopis velutina
11. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
12. Green Mormon Tea
Ephedra viridis
13. Broom Snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
14. Snapdragon Penstemon
Keckiella antirrhinoides
15. Anderson’s Boxthorn
Lycium andersonii
16. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
17. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
18. Wild Canterbury Bells
Phacelia minor
19. California Four O’Clock
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
20. Whitedaisy Tidytips
Layia glandulosa
21. Leafstem Tickseed
Coreopsis calliopsidea
22. Lacy Phacelia
Phacelia tanacetifolia
23. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
24. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
25. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
26. Sacred Thorn-Apple
Datura wrightii
27. Tulip Pricklypear
Opuntia phaeacantha
28. Prairie Sunflower
Helianthus petiolaris
29. Threadleaf Ragwort
Senecio flaccidus
30. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
31. Douglas’ Tickseed
Coreopsis douglasii
32. Racemed Fiestaflower
Pholistoma racemosum
33. Desert Willow
Chilopsis linearis subsp. arcuata
34. California Evening Primrose
Oenothera californica
35. Western Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana
36. Baja Desert-Thorn
Lycium brevipes
37. Branched Pencil Cholla
Cylindropuntia ramosissima
38. Common Fiddleneck
Amsinckia intermedia
39. Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea
40. Flatbud Pricklypoppy
Argemone munita
41. Distant Phacelia
Phacelia distans
42. California Satintail
Imperata brevifolia
43. Schott’s Pygmycedar
Peucephyllum schottii
44. Rosy Apricot Mallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rosacea
45. Bajada Lupine
Lupinus concinnus
46. Stiff-Haired Lotus
Acmispon strigosus
47. Brownplume Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria pauciflora
48. Slender Poreleaf
Porophyllum gracile
49. Fall Tansyaster
Dieteria asteroides
50. Rough Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea var. aspera
51. Singlewhorl Burrobrush
Ambrosia monogyra
52. Black-Banded Rabbitbrush
Ericameria paniculata
53. Bractscale
Atriplex serenana
54. Coastal Bird’s-Foot Trefoil
Acmispon maritimus
55. Fringed Twinevine
Funastrum cynanchoides
56. Interior California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium
57. Flatspine Bur Ragweed
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
58. Palmer Amaranth
Amaranthus palmeri
59. Thistle Sage
Salvia carduacea
60. California Croton
Croton californicus
61. Desert Needlegrass
Stipa speciosa
62. Hairy Yerba Santa
Eriodictyon trichocalyx
63. Whisperingbells
Emmenanthe penduliflora
64. Snake Cholla
Cylindropuntia californica
65. California Suncup
Eulobus californicus
66. Tar Vine
Boerhavia coccinea
67. Winterfat
Krascheninnikovia lanata
68. Bladderpod Spiderflower
Peritoma arborea
69. California Broomsage
Lepidospartum squamatum
70. Smooth Desert Dandelion
Malacothrix glabrata
71. Nealley’s Three-awn
Aristida glauca
72. Beautiful Rockcress
Boechera pulchra
73. Nuttall’s Povertyweed
Blitum nuttallianum
74. Littleseed Muhly
Muhlenbergia microsperma
75. Pomona Milkvetch
Astragalus pomonensis
76. Evening Primrose
Camissoniopsis ignota
77. Wright Threeawn
Aristida wrightii
78. Royal Goldfields
Lasthenia coronaria
79. Cane Cholla
Cylindropuntia bernardina
80. Snake’s Head
Malacothrix coulteri
81. Bristly Fiddleneck
Amsinckia tessellata
82. Sixweeks Threeawn
Aristida adscensionis
83. Mexican Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia
84. Kellogg’s Spikeweed
Deinandra kelloggii
85. Hairy Horsebrush
Tetradymia comosa
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