Identify any houseplant from a photo.

Upload a clear photo of a leaf or flower. You'll get the top three candidates with confidence scores, ASPCA pet-safety status, and a direct link to the cited care guide.

Free. No account needed. No watermark, no paywall, no “upgrade for the result” nonsense.

What you get

1. Top 3 candidates with confidence percentage so you know how sure the identifier actually is.
2. ASPCA pet-safety status for cats and dogs — verified against the ASPCA Toxic and Non-Toxic Plants directory when we have a database entry.
3. Direct link to a cited care guide when one exists on the site — watering, light, humidity, pet safety, propagation, all sourced.
4. Kew POWO link for taxonomic verification if you want to go deeper.

Tips for better matches

• Get close. A leaf that fills 50% of the frame beats a wide shot of the whole pot.
• Good light. Natural daylight, not lamplight. Avoid backlit silhouettes.
• One plant per photo. Multiple species confuse the model.
• Use the “What does the photo show?” dropdown if you have a clear shot of a flower, fruit, or bark — specificity improves accuracy a lot.

How this works

Identification is powered by the PlantNet open-source plant identification database, a collaborative project between CIRAD, INRAE, INRIA, and IRD (French national research institutes) backed by an open species catalog.

Once a candidate species is returned, we cross-reference our own fact-checked database to attach pet-safety from the ASPCA directory and link the matching care guide. Care guides cite NC State Extension, Missouri Botanical Garden, Kew, UC IPM, or Iowa State Extension — see our sources for the full list.

Privacy

Your photo is forwarded to PlantNet for identification and is not stored on indoorplantcare.com. We don’t require sign-in. We don’t see your face or location. See our privacy policy for the full breakdown.