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List of sun-loving
groundcover species (sorted by scientific name)
(click here to sort by common name)
| Scientific
name |
Common name(s) |
| Achillea
tomentosa |
Woolly yarrow |
| Agropyron
cristatum |
Crested wheatgrass, Fairway wheatgrass, Fairway
crested wheatgrass, Wheatgrass |
| Alchemilla
mollis |
Lady's mantle |
| Ammophila
breviligulata |
American beachgrass, Dunegrass, Marram grass |
| Andropogon
gerardii |
Big bluestem, Bluejoint, Turkeyfoot |
| Anemone
x hybrida |
Hybrid anemone, Japanese anemone |
| Antennaria
plantaginifolia |
Plantainleaf pussytoes, Pussytoes, Woman's tobacco |
| Arabis
caucasica |
Gray rockcress, Wall rock cress |
| Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi |
Bearberry, Kinnikinick, Bilberry, Bear's grape,
Barren myrtle, Crowbars, Hog cranberry, Creashak, Fox plum, Meal
plum, Mountain box, Mealberry, Rapper dandies, Sandberry, Red
bearberry, Rockberry, Universe plant, Uva-ursi, Manzanita |
| Arenaria
montana |
Mountain sandwort |
| Asclepias
tuberosa |
Butterfly weed, Chigger flower, Indian paintbrush,
Pleurisy root |
| Aster
ericoides |
Heath aster, Snow flurry aster |
| Astilbe
x arendsii |
Astilbe, False spirea |
| Aubrieta
deltoidea |
False rockcress, Lilacbush, Purple rockcress |
| Aurinia
saxatilis |
Basket-of-gold, Goldentuft, Rock madwort, Goldentuft
alyssum, Madwort |
| Bergenia
cordifolia |
Heartleaf bergenia, Pig squeak |
| Buchloe
dactyloides |
Texoka buffalograss |
| Calamagrostis
canadensis |
Bluejoint reedgrass, Canadian reedgrass, Marsh
pinegrass, Marsh reedgrass, Meadow pinegrass |
| Carex
firma |
Blue sedge, Carnation grass, Glaucous sedge;
Heath sedge |
| Carex
flacca |
Blue sedge, Carnation grass, Glaucous sedge;
Heath sedge |
| Carex
glauca |
Blue sedge, Carnation grass, Glaucous sedge,
Heath sedge |
| Carex
pennsylvanica |
Early sedge, Penn sedge, Pennsylvania sedge,
Yellow sedge |
| Cerastium
tomentosum |
Snow-in-summer |
| Ceratostigma
plumbaginoides |
Blue leadwood, Dwarf plumbago, Leadwort, Plumbago |
| Delosperma
nubigenum |
Trailing ice plant, Hardy ice |
| Deutzia
gracilis |
Dwarf deutzia, Slender deutzia |
| Dianthus
deltoides |
Maiden pink |
| Dianthus
myrtinervius |
Carnation, Pink |
| Dichanthelium
clandestinum |
Deertongue |
| Elymus
canadensis |
Canada wildrye |
| Epimedium
x perralchicum |
Fairy wings |
| Erigeron
glaucus |
Seaside daisy, Beach fleabane |
| Erigeron
karvinskianus |
Bonytip fleabane, Latin American fleabane |
| Fragaria
x sp. |
Wild strawberry |
| Geranium
macrorrhizum |
Bigroot cranesbill, Bigroot geranium, Feited
cranesbill, Hardy geranium, Scented cranesbill |
| Gypsophila
cerastioides |
none |
| Gypsophila
repens |
Creeping baby's breath |
| Hemerocallis
dumortieri |
Early daylily |
| Heuchera
sanguinea |
Alum root, Coral bells, Crimson bells |
| Iberis
saxatilis |
Perennial candytuft |
| Imperata
cylindrica |
Japanese blood grass, Red baron blood, Red cogon |
| Koeleria
cristata |
Junegrass, Koeler grass, Prairie junegrass |
| Koeleria
macrantha |
Junegrass, Koeler grass, Prairie junegrass |
| Koeleria
pyramidata |
Junegrass, Koeler grass, Prairie junegrass |
| Laurentia
fluviatilis |
Blue star creeper, Laurentia, Pratia, Swamp isotoma |
| Lavandula
angustifolia |
True lavender, English lavender, Lavender |
| Lavandula
hybrida |
Lavandin, Lavender |
| Leymus
arenarius |
Blue lyme grass, Blue-downy lyme grass, Sea lyme
grass, Narrow bent, Rancheria grass, Marram sea grass |
| Lysimachia
punctata |
Whorled loosestrife, Yellow loosestrife |
| Mentha
piperita |
Peppermint, Black peppermint |
| Microbiota
decussata |
Cypress, Russian arborvitae, Siberian cypress |
| Minuartia
verna |
Moss sandwort, Vernal stitchwort |
| Nepeta
x faassenii |
Catmint, Mauve catmint, Blue catmint |
| Nepeta
subsessilis |
Catmint |
| Oenothera
pallida |
Sundrops, Pale evening primrose |
| Panicum
clandestinum |
Deertongue |
| Petrorhagia
saxifraga |
Coat flower, Saxifrage pink, Saxifrage tunicflower |
| Phlox
subulata |
Moss phlox, Moss pink |
| Potentilla
nepalensis |
Nepal cinquefoil |
| Rhus
aromatica |
Fragrant sumac |
| Rubus
calycinoides |
none |
| Rudbeckia
fulgida |
Black-eyed susan , Golden coneflower |
| Schizachyrium
scoparium |
Little bluestem |
| Sedum
reflexum |
Spruced-leaved stonecrop, Spruce stonecrop |
| Sedum
spurium |
Stonecrop, Two-row stonecrop |
| Silene
caroliniana |
Campion, Catchfly |
| Silene
saxifraga |
Tufted catchfly |
| Silene
uniflora |
Double bladder campion |
| Solidago
cutleri |
Alpine goldenrod |
| Solidago
sphacelata |
Goldenrod |
| Sporobolus
heterolepis |
Northern dropseed, Prairie dropseed |
| Stachys
byzantina |
Lamb's ears, Woolly betony, Woolly hedgenettle,
Woolly woundwort |
| Teucrium
canadensis |
American germander, Wild germander, Wood sage |
| Thymus
praecox |
Creeping thyme, Mother-of-thyme, Woolly thyme |
| Thymus
serpyllum |
Creeping thyme, Creeping red thyme, Mother-of-thyme,
Wild thyme |
| Tiarella
cordifolia |
False miterwort, Foamflower, Miterwort |
| Trifolium
repens |
Dutch clover, Shamrock, White clover |
| Vaccinium
angustifolium |
Late low blueberry, Lowbush blueberry, Low sweet
blueberry |
| Vaccinium
macrocarpon |
American cranberry, Cranberry |
| Veronica
peduncularis |
Speedwell-creeping |
| Veronica
prostrata |
Harewell speedwell |
| Veronica
repens |
Creeping speedwell |
| Veronica
x 'Goodness Grows' |
none |
| Vinca
minor |
Common periwinkle, Dwarf periwinkle, Running
myrtle, Myrtle |
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