Features
Name a plant from one photo or by typing what you think it is. Common and scientific names, a confidence figure, runner-up matches, and where the species grows in the wild.
Point the camera and shoot. In about a second you get the common name, the scientific name, the family, and a confidence figure that tells you how sure the model actually is. It works on flowers, houseplants, trees, shrubs, succulents, herbs, fungi, and bark.
When you already know what you are looking at, skip the camera. Type a common or scientific name and Pocket Botanist resolves it to the accepted botanical name, then gives you the same full profile a photo would. Handy for planning before you buy.
Near-identical species are where plant ID gets honest. Rather than picking one and hoping, Pocket Botanist shows an Other Possibilities card with the runner-up matches and their own confidence figures. Tap any of them to read its full profile and decide for yourself.
Every result carries its taxonomy from phylum down to genus, the names it also goes by, and a map of verified wild sightings drawn from GBIF occurrence records. It is the part that turns a lookup into something you actually learn from.
For the plants you care most about, the detailed guide goes past the summary into propagation, flowering, and the specific ways a species tends to fail. Regional growing information uses your hardiness zone to say what applies where you actually live.
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