This list shows 86 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. Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
9. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
10. Shaw’s Agave
Agave shawii
11. Velvet Mesquite
Prosopis velutina
12. San Diego County Sunflower
Bahiopsis laciniata
13. Broom Snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
14. Snapdragon Penstemon
Keckiella antirrhinoides
15. Anderson’s Boxthorn
Lycium andersonii
16. Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
17. Munz’s Sage
Salvia munzii
18. Golden Snake Cactus
Bergerocactus emoryi
19. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
20. Southwestern Mock Vervain
Glandularia gooddingii
21. Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis var. villosa
22. Wild Canterbury Bells
Phacelia minor
23. California Four O’Clock
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
24. Lacy Phacelia
Phacelia tanacetifolia
25. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae
26. Coulter’s Lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
27. Bristly Matilija Poppy
Romneya trichocalyx
28. Whitemargin Sandmat
Euphorbia albomarginata
29. Sacred Thorn-Apple
Datura wrightii
30. Tulip Pricklypear
Opuntia phaeacantha
31. Desert Lily
Hesperocallis undulata
32. Strawberry Cactus
Mammillaria dioica
33. Sixweeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
34. Racemed Fiestaflower
Pholistoma racemosum
35. Mojave Yucca
Yucca schidigera
36. Bush Rue
Cneoridium dumosum
37. Bastardsage
Eriogonum wrightii
38. Western Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana
39. California Copperleaf
Acalypha californica
40. San Diego Ragweed
Ambrosia pumila
41. Common Fiddleneck
Amsinckia intermedia
42. Pride Of California
Lathyrus splendens
43. Coville’s Lipfern
Myriopteris covillei
44. Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea
45. Distant Phacelia
Phacelia distans
46. Dehesa Nolina
Nolina interrata
47. Emory’s Globemallow
Sphaeralcea emoryi
48. Spike Dropseed
Sporobolus contractus
49. Bajada Lupine
Lupinus concinnus
50. Stiff-Haired Lotus
Acmispon strigosus
51. Santa Ana Pitcher Sage
Lepechinia cardiophylla
52. Slender Poreleaf
Porophyllum gracile
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. Thistle Sage
Salvia carduacea
64. California Croton
Croton californicus
65. Hairy Yerba Santa
Eriodictyon trichocalyx
66. Whisperingbells
Emmenanthe penduliflora
67. Snake Cholla
Cylindropuntia californica
68. California Jointfir
Ephedra californica
69. Spotted Locoweed
Astragalus lentiginosus
70. San Diego Bursage
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia
71. California Suncup
Eulobus californicus
72. Tar Vine
Boerhavia coccinea
73. Bladderpod Spiderflower
Peritoma arborea
74. Otay Mountain Lotus
Hosackia crassifolia var. otayensis
75. Whitestem Blazingstar
Mentzelia albicaulis
76. Nuttall’s Povertyweed
Blitum nuttallianum
77. Littleseed Muhly
Muhlenbergia microsperma
78. Evening Primrose
Camissoniopsis ignota
79. Wright Threeawn
Aristida wrightii
80. Royal Goldfields
Lasthenia coronaria
81. Eastwood’s Fiddleneck
Amsinckia eastwoodiae
82. Bristly Fiddleneck
Amsinckia tessellata
83. Sixweeks Threeawn
Aristida adscensionis
84. Mexican Sprangletop
Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia
85. Emory’s Laphamia
Laphamia emoryi
86. Kellogg’s Spikeweed
Deinandra kelloggii
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