Technology has made people's lives easier, even for people who are passionate about plants They have created apps that can be useful if you are one of those people who love walking on the streets trying to identify plants or even have them indoors, but don't knows the name of the plant and not even how to take care of it. This way you will discover the name of the seedlings of flowers, plants and even herbs.
Although all apps can identify the species in photos taken in the environment, so in case you are having problems, the app is the solution for you.
PlantNet
This application is a system that helps you automatically identify the plants you want from photos that you can use to compare with the application's botanical database. The results allow you to find the name and number of species that grow over time. This application does not allow the identification of ornamental or horticultural plants and works best if photos of leaves are taken against a smooth, uniform background. It is free and was developed by a consortium involving scientists. It has a version for Android and iOS.
iNaturalist
The iNaturalist app, is an app of the most popular category and helps you to identify the plants and also the animals around you. Being created by a joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society. The group that has another similar app called Seek. It has a more beautiful interface and the application even increases your knowledge about nature, so it has different types of birds, plants and fungi and participates in different observation challenges. It is available for Android and iOS, allowing you to discover different species, record observations and share with the Community, being a free application and even have a community where you can follow scientists.
PlantSnap
The PlantSnap app can also identify trees, vegetables and other plants, you just take a picture and comparing the pictures with the app's database, you can identify which plant or leaves they are, the app offers a record of more than 585,000 plants, among trees, flowers, succulents, mushrooms, cacti, leaves and others, the application can recognize 2,000 species of plants per month. This app has two versions, one premium and one free, both have iOS and Android. The free version contains ads and even offers in-app purchases.
PictureThis
This last application is called Picture This, when you take the photo with the camera, directly from the application or upload any image, so it is possible to obtain instant and accurate identification results with the help of the technology that is in the intelligence application artificial, with more than 10,000 species in the botanical database with very good accuracy rate according to the founders' tests. Picture This allows you to upload a photo or search by name, unfortunately it is not available for free. App can be downloaded for iOS and Android.