Here 5 free online plant identifier that can identify plants from photos. You can use them to find the name of any plant you want just by uploading a photo of the plant. The results generated by all these web plant identifiers are mostly accurate. There are many mobile apps available which can help you identify plants, but when it comes to identifying plants from photos online, there are very rare tools available for that. So, after spending a lot of time I managed to find some of those web tools which can help you do that with ease. Among these tools, only 2 of them are standalone plant identifier whose sole purpose is to help you identify plants from photos.
While the other 3 are actually reverse image search tool provided by search engines including Google, Yandex, and Bing. The reverse image search tool can help you find anything you want by uploading a photo instead of typing text queries. They show you various posts and images related to the plant, whose photo you have uploaded. Among these results, you will hopefully come across the name of the plant.
Now, let us get started with the plant identifiers.
PlantNet:
PlantNet is one of the best free online plant identifiers which allows you to easily identify plants from photos. To do that, you would need to simply open up this website and click on the “Identify” button associated with different locations like Western Europe, Canada, USA, Amazonia, Tropical Andes, North Africa, Asia, etc. After that, you can upload the photo of the plant which you want to identify. It lets you upload a photo from your PC or you can enter a photo URL. Then it will ask you to choose an organ among flower, fruit, leaf, tree, etc. for the plant.
As soon as you do that, it will process the photo and show you the result. In the result, you can see the scientific name of the plant along with the commonly used name. You can also see a matching image so that you can confirm the plant is same as the one uploaded by you. The best part is that it will show multiple results which match the photo and also to make the identification more accurate.
FlowerChecker:
FlowerChecker is another free online plant identifier. It is actually a Facebook Messenger bot that can also be used to identify plants from photos. To get started, you would need to first integrate this bot with you Facebook messenger by clicking on the above link. Once you’re done with that, you will see a new contact name “FlowerChecker” on the chat lists. Now, simply open the chat thread with this contact and then upload and send the plant photo as a message. After that, it will ask you for a country where the plant is found.
When you enter the country name, it will start processing the photo. After the processing is complete, it will show you the identification result with the name and a similar image of the plant. Similar to PlantNet, this one also shows multiple results such that you can easily figure out about the plant you’re looking for.
Google Reverse Image Search:
Google Reverse Image Search is a simple feature of Google Search, where you can search for anything using images instead of text queries. So, you can also use it for identifying plants from photos online. For that, you would need to simply open this web tool and then click on the “Camera” icon visible in the search bar. After that, you can upload the plant photo by entering the photo URL or import from your PC.
As soon as you do that, it will process the photo and then show you various images and posts related to the plant. Now, in any of the posts or images, you can find the name of the plant you’re looking for. It might not be a conventional method to identify plants, but they can still help you with that.
Yandex Reverse Image Search:
Yandex Reverse Image Search is actually a feature of the Russian search engine “Yandex” which lets you search for anything with the help of images instead of typing anything. Similar to Google Reverse Image Search, this one can also be used to identify plants from photos. To use it, open up the website and then you will see a “Camera” icon in the search bar, Click on that icon and then you can upload the plant photo either from your PC or you can enter a URL of the photo.
Once you do that, it will analyze the photo and then show you tons of posts and images related to that particular plant. You can then browse any of the images or posts to know what exactly the plant is called. The method might look a little silly, however, it can identify plants for you.
Bing Reverse Image Search:
Bing Reverse Image Search is also an image search tool by Bing which allows you to search for anything you want by uploading a photo. Similar to Google and Yandex reverse image search, you can use it to easily identify a plant from its photo. To do that, you would need to open this image search tool and then click on the “Camera” icon visible in the search bar. When you do that, it will ask you to upload a photo by pasting an image URL or upload a photo from PC.
After that, it will instantly process and analyze the photo to generate results related to the plants. It will show you different images and posts mentioning the plant and among them, you can find the exact name of the plant that you’re searching for. You may not like this method, but it is pretty effective for identifying plants from photos.
Closing Words:
So, if you have been looking for a way to identify plants from photos online, then using any of these free plant identifiers can help you with that. These web tools make it very easy for you to know the name of any plant you want just by uploading a photo of that. That means no more spending hours in searching for a plant name manually on the web.
Try them out and leave your comments below.
