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Free tool

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.

JPEG, PNG, WebP, or HEIC. Large photos are resized before upload. The clearer the photo, the better the result. Close-ups of a leaf or flower work best.

What you get

  1. Top 3 candidates with confidence percentage so you know how sure the identifier actually is.
  2. Pet-safety status for cats and dogs — from the ASPCA Toxic and Non-Toxic Plants directory, or NC State Extension or another named source where the ASPCA has no entry, 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.