Flower identifier: name a flower from a photo
For flowers, the most useful photo is straight into the open flower, sharp enough to count petals, plus a second showing leaves and how the flowers sit on the stem. Colour alone misleads: the same species can be white, pink or purple.
Take or choose a photo
One leaf, flower or the whole plant, in focus. Stays private: it is sent only to identify it and is not stored.
Determinationawaiting specimen
- Name
- common and scientific
- Why
- the features in your photo that point to it
- Care
- light, water, soil, hardiness
- Safety
- toxicity to people, cats and dogs
- Look-alikes
- and how to tell them apart
What to photograph
- The open flower face-on, in focus
- A side view showing sepals and stem
- Leaves, including where they join the stem
- The whole plant for height and habit
Features that separate look-alikes
- Petal count
- Monocots such as lilies and irises have parts in threes; most other flowers in fours or fives.
- Symmetry
- Radial (like a buttercup) or mirror-image (like a pea, orchid or snapdragon).
- Composite heads
- Daisies, sunflowers and dandelions are hundreds of tiny flowers packed into one head.
- Flower arrangement
- Single, in a spike, an umbrella-shaped umbel (carrot family) or a loose cluster.
Questions gardeners ask
Can the AI identify cut flowers in a bouquet?
Yes. Photograph one stem at a time for the best results; florist cultivars may be named to species or common trade name.
Why did I get a different name than the label?
Many garden flowers are hybrids or cultivars. The AI names the species or group and, when it can, the likely cultivar group.