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