Groundcover Plant List
Botanical Name
Acacia redolens
Achillea millefolium (CA native cvs.)
Common Name
prostrate acacia
yarrow
Achillea millefolium (non-native hybrids)
yarrow (non-native hybrids)
Achillea tomentosa
Adenostoma fasciculatum
Ambrosia pumila
Aptenia 'Red Apple'
Aptenia cordifolia
Arctostaphylos hookeri 'Wayside'
Artemisia californica 'Canyon Gray'
Artemisia californica 'Montara'
Artemisia spp. (herbaceous)
Artemisia spp. (shrubby)
Atriplex CA native species
Atriplex semibaccata
Baccharis pilularis cvs.
Berberis aquifolium 'Compacta' (partial shade
in South Inland)
Berberis aquifolium var. repens (shade)
Bougainvillea spp.
Ceanothus maritimus 'Frosty Dawn'
Ceanothus maritimus 'Pt. Sierra'
Ceanothus maritimus 'Valley Violet'
woolly yarrow
chamise
San Diego ragweed
ice plant (Red Apple)
ice plant (Aptenia)
Wayside manzanita
Canyon Gray sagebrush
Montara sagebrush
angel's hair
sagebrush
saltbush
Australian saltbush
dwarf coyote brush
Water Use
Very Low
Low
California
Native
X
Low
Low
Very Low
Very Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Very Low
Very Low
Low
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
compact Oregon grape holly
Low
X
creeping mahonia
bougainvillea
Frosty Dawn ceanothus
Pt. Sierra ceanothus
Valley Violet ceanothus
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
X
Cephalophyllum spp.
ice plant (Cephalophyllum)
Low
Cistus spp., cvs.
Convolvulus mauritanicus
Coprosma petriei 'Verde Vista'
Coprosma x kirk
Cotoneaster dammeri 'Coral Beauty'
Cotoneaster dammeri 'Lowfast'
Cotoneaster horizontalis
Delosperma spp.
rockrose
ground morning glory
Verde Vista coprosma
creeping coprosma
bearberry cotoneaster
bearberry cotoneaster
rock cotoneaster
ice plant (Delosperma)
hopseed bush
(procumbens)
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Drosanthemum spp.
ice plant (Drosanthemum)
Low
Dymondia margaretae
dymondia
Low
Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Bruce Dickinson'
Bruce Dickenson buckwheat
Low
X
Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Dana Point'
Dana Point buckwheat
Low
X
Dodonaea procumbens
Lawn-to-Garden
X
X
X
Low
Groundcover Plant List
Water Use
California
Native
Low
X
Warriner Lytle buckwheat
Lydia woadwaxen
poverty weed
juniper
ice plant (Lampranthus)
hybrid lantana
trailing lantana
ice plant (Malephora)
myoporum
pacifica saltbush
Low
Low
Very Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
X
Oenothera macrocarpa
Missouri evening primrose
Low
Oenothera speciosa (O. berlandieri)
Mexican evening primrose
Low
Oenothera stubbei
Oscularia deltoides
Osteospermum spp.
Pelargonium sidoides
Phyla nodiflora (Lippia nodiflora)
Pyracantha spp., cvs.
Rhus aromatica (Rhus trilobata)
Rosmarinus cvs.
Salvia 'Bee's Bliss'
Salvia 'Dara's Choice'
Salvia 'Mrs. Beard'
Salvia sonomensis, cvs.
Baja evening primrose
pink iceplant
African daisy
South African geranium
cape weed
firethorn
skunk bush
trailing rosemary
Bee's Bliss sage
Sonoma sage
Mrs. Beard sage
Sonoma sage
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Salvia spathacea (shade), cvs.
hummingbird/pitcher sage
Low
X
Santolina spp.
Saponaria ocymoides
Scaevola 'Mauve Clusters'
Scaevola aemula
Sedum spp. (some Hylotelephium)
lavender cotton
rock soapwort
fan flower
fairy fan
stone crop
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
X
Sollya heterophylla
Australian bluebell creeper
Low
Symphoricarpos mollis (shade in San Diego)
creeping snowberry
Low
Teucrium chamaedrys
Teucrium cossonii
Thymus praecox
germander
Majorcan germander
mother-of-thyme
Low
Low
Low
Botanical Name
Common Name
Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Theodore Payne'
Theodore Payne buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Warriner Lytle'
Genista lydia
Iva hayesiana
Juniperus spp.
Lampranthus spp.
Lantana hybrids
Lantana montevidensis (sellowiana)
Malephora spp.
Myoporum parvifolium, cvs.
Myoporum x 'Pacificum'
Lawn-to-Garden
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Groundcover Plant List
Botanical Name
Trifolium fragiferum O'Connor (revegetation
use)
Verbena peruviana
Verbena tenuisecta
Lawn-to-Garden
Common Name
Water Use
O'Conner's legume
Low
Peruvian verbena
moss verbena
Low
Low
California
Native