Our smartphone is one technological tool complete which, paradoxically, can be very useful to improve our relationship with nature more primitive.
Surely if you are one of the privileged ones with a garden more than once you have been inundated by one botanical curiosity which makes you wonder things like: what plant is this? Why does it grow in my garden? Can I cut down this tree? If I tie a rope to this branch, will it support the weight of my body?
Well, you will love to know that your mobile offers you an encyclopedia of knowledge for children lovers of gardening, botany or horticulture. And it is that by using only the camera of your mobile you can discover valuable information about the plants, flowers and trees in your environment.
In these cases, the simplest thing would be to try Google Lens (a specially designed Google app so that your phone's camera recognizes what it sees, offering information about it), but unfortunately this technology from Google is very likely to remain. still lagging behind in a good number of cases.
For this reason we have prepared one selection of applications to identify plants and flowers with your mobile phone that will be very useful in your adventures with the flora around you.
"What plant is this?" Clear your doubts with these free applications
The best applications to recognize plants and flowers for free
PlantNet
We are perhaps first of the most popular app to recognize plants in the Play Store and the one with the best scientific endorsement. The interesting thing about PlantNet is that it is a project sponsored by the Agropolis Foundation and which was developed by various scientific groups. Thanks to this, it promises to identify plants through a comparison with the images already existing in a huge botanical database, constantly growing thanks to the contributions and photographs of its users.
In case there is a match between the plant image and the database, the app will offer one good amount of information on the plant in question and will give the user the possibility to “donate” the photograph to this scientific project. standing since 2014 and available for free on Android and iOS.
PlantSnap
The PlantSnap app promises to identify more than 600.000 plant species
It is a very complete application to recognize plants and flowers online that promises to identify up to 90% of all species of plants, flowers and trees, also recognizing them the leaves or the fruit. Using your mobile's camera you will be able to identify the plant in question, obtaining information about it such as its taxonomy, its characteristics and various curiosities.
In addition to being Free subscription, with PlantSnap you can create your own library of plants and flowers, cataloging the species you meet. Plus, you can be part of a wide community with botany enthusiasts from more than 200 countries. PlantSnap is Free subscription and available on Android and iOS.
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It is one of the easiest to use and most downloaded photo plant identification apps in the entire Play Store: has more than 30 million users. And it is no exception, since recognizing plants and flowers with the camera, it offers you information and advice on the care of the flora, so it can be the ideal companion if you have an interest in gardening and growing vegetables.
Thanks to its search engine combined with Artificial Intelligence, its recognition is 98% accurate, well above that of human experts. Also includes functions additional as plant care guides; the ability to create your own file with our favorite plants; warning settings of watering, pruning or fumigation, etc. All this topped off with a simple and friendly interface as well Google's seal of recommendation. It is worth a try!
Flora Incognita
Flora Incognita was developed by German scientists: the result is guaranteed
Bring the world of plants and flowers closer with Flora Incognita, an application developed by scientists and engineers of the Polytechnic University of Ilmenau and the Max-Planck Institute of Jena. For this reason you can rest assured that the results you will get when scanning plants and flowers they will be very strict.
When your mobile phone camera identifies the plant in question, Flora Incognita will provide you additional information which include everything from the basic characteristics of the plant to the details of its propagation or whether or not it is in danger of extinction.
It should be noted that the app is designed especially for the identification of wild flora, so if you were going to use it to help you prune bonsai, another option might be better.
NatureID
Although the app is in English, is one of the best free plant identifiers that you can download. Its operation is as simple as it is effective: you take the photo and the app offers you a complete "biography" of the plant in question, also informing you if the plant is sick and what care you could apply them, being a must for gardening enthusiasts.
As if that weren't enough, it includes plenty of value thanks to a very special extra, namely that Nature ID also identifies animals, providing information on the species, habitat or care they may require. You can download NatureID for free on both Android and iOS.
Leaf Snap
It is perhaps one of the highest rated apps on this compilation, thanks in part to its minimalist design and the simpler operation compared to the care of a cactus: a photo and… magic! Access all the information of the old plant.
LeafSnap is able to recognize up to 90% of all known species of plants and trees through the mobile phone camera. Wow, unless you go on tour to Malaysia, this app will absolutely cover all your floral needs.
FindPlant
Although it is in English, FindPlant is still one of the essential options for recognizing plants
We conclude the compilation with FindPlant, an interesting app which, although it is in English, its main virtue is that it is completely free. This means that it does not include paid-for features or protected content.
For the rest, it works out the way identical to the other applications seen here: take a photo of the plant specimen via the app and will report all the information available about it. FindPlant has an updated plant database and is initially only available on Android.
