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Life is easier with the use of smartphones, and even more so if they allow you to download digital applications that can be very useful on a day-to-day basis. If you are one of those who goes down the street observing plants and flowers to have at home, read this article until the end because we will show you 4 apps to identify plants by photo.

In addition, you can identify herbs, plant leaves, among other species. All you need is to capture the image to discover the name and characteristics of the one you like the most.

For botanists, gardeners or housewives, the apps are ideal because they help to find both the benefits and contra-indications, since some plants can be poisonous, for example.

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Here is a list of the best platforms that work with artificial intelligence and manage to identify any type of plant, without paying a subscription or registering your name.

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App to identify plants: Use photos and images

1. iNaturalist

One of the most popular apps in its category that identifies plants and animals that are located in the surroundings of the vegetation. An initiative that began at the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society.

Available in virtual stores for iOS (iPhone) and Android directly at the link inaturalist.org.

It allows you to discover species, record observations and share advice, recommendations or opinions in your community followed by scientists. However, the same group has a similar app called, seek with a more visual, intuitive and simple interface.

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An app that helps increase your knowledge about nature, in addition to locating specimens of the flora and fauna that are around you without the need to have an advisor by your side saying everything, just like a teacher.

2. PictureThis – Plant identifier

It is a digital application that manages to download photos of plants that are close to you, with the aim of learning more about the vegetation found in your neighborhood, for example.

Also, search exact names of plants and flowers in different languages. Unfortunately, this app is not available for free on the internet. But, it is possible to download on electronic devices for iOS, Android and a web version, such as: picturethisai.com.

The artificial intelligence with which this software works allows an advanced and fast scan to be made, a matter of seconds, after taking a picture with the camera. Are more than 10 thousand species that are housed in the bank of data and information, with a precision rate of 95% accuracy.

you can get PictureThis for 7 days, free or pay approximately USD 15.20 per year.

3. Plant Snap

Immediately identify more than 600,000 thousand types of plants, such as flowers, trees, succulents, mushrooms, cacti, and much more. Their database is full of useful information for botanists and people who love plants.

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Just by taking a picture with the front or back camera of your cell phone, you can observe and capture around 585 thousand plants and 2 thousand new plant species per month.

Also, it has a section that teaches how to grow and care for your plants, with some tips, gardening suggestions for tens of thousands of plant species within your community without paying anything.

PlantSnap has a free and premium version for just $3.80 for Android and $2.28 for iOS. Of course, the "free" app contains advertisements and offers digital in-app purchases.

4.PlantNet

An ornamental plant identification program developed by a consortium involving scientists from CIRAD, INRA, INRIA, IRD and the entire Latin American Botanical Network.

It is an app that helps to automatically locate plants from photos compared to images found in a botanical data bank.

You can locate from the name of the plants to the number of species that grows over time, as well as their characteristics, benefits and contraindications.

It has a version for iOS (iPhone) and Android, as well as a version in identify.plantnet.org. In the same way, they offer services from Smart'Flore (floristic.org), a specific app for this type of demand.

Due to its great social, scientific and educational potential, the creators had the idea of asking for "voluntary donations" from their community to keep the application totally free, accessible to the general public, without having to go through advertising.