The Best Plant Identification Apps

Published by Maggie on August 23, 2017August 23, 2017

Have you ever stumbled upon some beautiful, but unknown plant and you simply have to know more about it. You will spend hours online, searching and noting comes up. Luckily, there are some awesome plant identification apps that can help you in a minute. Here are some of them:

1. FlowerChecker

The FlowerChecker app uses real botanists to identify unknown plants, moss, fungus and even lichen. Your picture will be identified by a international team of experts. Because of this, it may be the most accurate of the apps.

2. NatureGate

NatureGate allows you to identify your plant with a database of 700 species. It also helps you identify birds, fish and butterflies.

3. Google Goggles

Although not directly plant related, Google Googles works with the user taking a photograph, and if the app recognizes what is in the picture, it will offer up suggestions and information of what it may be.

 4. PlantSnapp

When you take a photograph of the plant, the app will do its best to recognize it.  Once recognized, it will give details of name, care information and even where/when it must be planted. Once you’ve found out what your mystery plant is, you can then buy it through the app from one of their HTA certified nurseries.

5. Plantifier

Plantifier has a team of people behind it from mygarden.org, helping to identify unknown plants.

6. LikeThat Garden

LikeThat Garden is an extremely simple app available from Apple only. It’s an easy process that involves the user photographing the plant in question and the app sifting through its database to find matches. The app also gives details of similar looking plants to give inspiration for your garden as well as care information.

7. Leafsnap

Developed by the University of Maryland, Smithsonian Institute and Columbia University, Leafsnap identifies tree species from their leaves. For the UK app, Leafsnap have partnered with the Natural History Museum in order to create a bank of images and to help with identifying tricky trees.

8. iPflanzen

iPflanzen requires you to enter criteria ( not photographs) such as leaf shape or fruit colour in order to figure out the mystery. In conjunction with their other apps – iGarten and iForest – extremely detailed and interesting information can easily be found.

9. Garden Answers Plant Identification

Garden Answers is the revolutionary plant identification app that instantly identifies over 20,000 plants and gives you accurate and detailed information about them. It also identifies pests and diseases and gives expert advice for questions you ask about plants.

10. Garden Compass Plant / Disease Identifier

This app allows you to take a photo and submit it to their expert team who will not only identify what the plant is, they can also tell you how to grow and care for it. Take a photo of pests and diseases and their 24/7 available experts will tell you what type of pest or disease is affecting the health of your plants. They will also give you great information on how to eliminate the problem and prevent it from recurring.

11. PlantNet Plant Identification

PlantNet is an image sharing and retrieval application for the identification of plants. Among other features, this free app helps in identifying plant species from photographs. Plant species that are well enough illustrated in the botanical reference database can be easily recognized.