5 mobile applications, capable of recognizing houseplants

1. Google Lens

The most obvious way to search for unknown plants - to use Google. Basically, you can just take a picture of a flower, and fill in the picture service google ImagesAnd see what the search engine can find.

But it is much faster to search the photo through «Google Lens". This application has a special mode for the detection of plant and animal species - that it is something useful to us.

Place your smartphone camera at the subject and when the colored circle appears on the screen, click on it. Google will find similar options on the web, and if you're lucky, you find out the name.

«Google Lens" is not always correct discovers rare plantsBut to find common types of its capabilities will be enough.

2. PlantNet

It is a popular application for guessing the plant to create a community of French botanical organizations. According to the developers, PlantNet best to cope with the wild species. But, as shown by experiments, and house plants, it recognizes good.

Click on the button in the lower right corner of the screen, select an image from the gallery or take a picture with camera, and then specify which part of the plant you are photographed - flower, leaf, fruit, or trunk. PlantNet displays a list of similar sites will help you find the Latin name of your pet and offer to look for it in Google or "Wikipedia".

Base PlantNet replenished by users. Participation in the project is optional, but if you want you can create an account and mark correctly guessed flowersTo improve recognition accuracy. Separate plus of this application is that it is completely free and does not have the premium functions.

3. iNaturalist

Another application similar PlantNet. Developed by scientists at UC Berkeley. It can recognize plants, insects, animals and birds. Basically designed to work "in the field", but to cope with house plants.

Take a picture of the flower room, then click on "View offer". The program displays the most probable variants of its name. If the plant is defined correctly, you can load it into the database and provide a description to help other users.

The app is free and has no limitations. However, it is not very well recognizes the rare species, but try it it's worth.

4. PlantSnap

Slightly more advanced program with a large database containing the flowers, trees, mushrooms, succulents and cacti from around the globe. We take a picture, waiting for the moment - and the subject is recognized.

Using machine learning technology and AI, PlantSnap equally well defines the plants in nature, and those that live on the windowsill. Learning flower, PlantSnap displays a brief description.

PlantSnap you can try without any additional investments on Android, but on iOS will have to pay. In the free-version you can not upload more than 10 shots a day - and it's quite a bit, considering that the program does not always recognize the plant the first time. For $ 2.99 per month restrictions will be lifted.

5. PictureThis

PictureThis has a fair base houseplants and defines them quite accurately. The program not only serves to identify colors, but also is a kind of social network for gardeners from around the world.

Even if PictureThis not be able to guess what kind of plant you are photographed, the picture should be loaded into the base, marking it as an unknown. And if someone from the fans of indoor plants know the name of your flower, it will be able to sign it.

Note that it is better to photograph a flower or a leaf close-up, but do not remove the entire bush. The free version allows you to define PictureThis no more than 10 plants per day. For a small collection indoor plants this will be enough. If you want to lift the restrictions, you will need to buy a subscription for $ 1.99 per month.