Those who like to grow plants and learn more about spices and flowers can now find out through apps to identify plants, available in the digital market for Android and iOS mobile phones.

Many people like to research about plants, roots and flowers, what they are for, whether they are edible or not, ways to care for them, or just out of curiosity.

And these searches have now become easier with the various applications that help when you find that plant on the street, for example, and you don't know its name or what it's for.

We have prepared a list with some application tips for identifying plants, flowers and roots, which in addition to identifying plants, most of them also provide other important information, such as the best way to grow them, if they are edible or poisonous, if can be placed in vases to decorate the house and much more.

PlantNet

PlantNet is a very complete application that has the function of identifying non-ornamental or horticultural plants.

From a simple photo it is possible through an extensive database to automatically identify the plants photographed, the application analyzes the image and informs users which species it is.

The database is constantly updated by users around the world, because when a photo is identified, it is possible to submit it to an analysis process provided by the application itself.

The application PlantNet It is available for Android and iOS phones for free.

iNaturalist

One of the most famous applications and used by more than 400 thousand people, including scholars, scientists and the curious, the iNaturalist makes it possible to discover new plant species, store information about your discoveries, discuss the plants found and even receive suggestions from other users in the community.

According to its developers, personal records shared by users in the community are extremely important to increase the scientific database so that researchers have more resources when working on flora recognition.

The tool is available for Android and iOS phones for free.

NatureID

O NatureID, is a famous plant identifier, known to users all over the world.

The application is very complete, as in addition to identifying the image, it also provides the user with its correct name and a description with important information about that particular plant, such as the ideal amount of water that the plant needs, correct light, fertilizers. it needs to stay healthy and even allows the user to customize reminders that will notify through audible tones when the plant requires care.

NatureID also has a very interesting feature that is to recognize when something is wrong with a particular plant, such as problems caused by invaders, issuing a complete report with the appropriate treatment for the plant, in addition to a prevention recommendation.

The app is completely free and available for both Android and iOS systems.

Flora Incognita

This application, also known worldwide, in addition to identifying the plants, also provides all additional and important information about each species, such as toxicity, places where they can be found, protection status and their particular characteristics.

The application database Flora Incognita has information on more than 4800 species and more than 10 thousand images and stands out for allowing the user to create a list that can be exported with the information of the respective plants, in addition to using the location and creating a mapping of where the plants can be found.

The app is free and available for iOS and Android systems.