Flora Incognita
June 21, 2024
More About Flora Incognita
In the Flora Incognita app you can easily view all your collected plant finds in a observation list. Maps show where you have found your plants. This way you can see how your knowledge about wild plants is growing.
But Flora Incognita is even more! The app is free of charge and without advertising, because it is part of a scientific research project that aims to improve nature conservation. The collected observations are used to answer scientific research questions that deal, for example, with the spread of invasive species or the effects of climate change on biotopes.
In regular stories, you will learn about news from the project, get insights into the scientific work or will be made curious about what is happening in nature right now.
WHY SHOULD YOU USE FLORA INCOGNITA?
- Identify wild plants simply by taking a photo with your smartphone
- Learn more about plant species with the help of extensive plant profiles
- Collect your findings in your observation list
- Become part of an innovative scientific community
- Share your findings on Twitter, Instagram & Co!
HOW GOOD IS FLORA INCOGNITA?
Species identification with Flora Incognita is based on Deep Learning algorithms that have an accuracy of well over 90%. It is important to take sharp and as close as possible pictures of plant parts such as flower, leaf, bark or fruit for a high identification accuracy.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR PROJECT?
Visit our website at www.floraincognita.com or follow us on social media. You can find us on X (@FloraIncognita2), Mastodon (@[email protected]), Instagram (@flora.incognita) and Facebook (@flora.incognita).
IS THE APP REALLY FREE OF CHARGE AND ADVERTISING?
Yes. You can use Flora Incognita anytime, as long as you want. It is free to use, with no ads, no premium version and no subscription. But maybe you will enjoy searching and identifying plants so much that it will become a new hobby. We have received this feedback many times!
WHO DEVELOPED FLORA INCOGNITA?
The Flora Incognita app is developed by scientists from the Technical University of Ilmenau and the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena. Its development was supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation with funds from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety as well as the Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation and the Foundation for Nature Conservation Thuringia. The project was awarded as an official project of the "UN Decade of Biodiversity" and won the Thuringian Research Award in 2020.
Latest Version
3.9.52
June 21, 2024
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Education
Android
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Free
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User Reviews
Ykiv Rendrag
11 months ago
First time use today and it is surprisingly good and easy to use. It's good that users can contribute to the data of sightings and locations of plants and flowers at the touch of the screen. Very impressed.
Lynn Koch
11 months ago
Wonderful plant identifier! It's helped me identify many plant species including wild foods. I love this app. Flora Incognita has become even better and more accurate over time. I love it and recommend it highly!
R Davies
11 months ago
Gets it right every time, even from the top 4 leaves of a seedling. It'll even identify pictures in flower books every time. I showed it some plastic flowers and it was quite indignant. You can't fool it!
Savarra Cunningham
11 months ago
Awesome truly free app! I love being able to identify herbal, medicinal and edible plants around me and being able to take notes is another great feature. If your a beginner herbalist this app is for you!
JJ Marie
11 months ago
The newest update isn't doing so well. When I go to my observations list I can not scroll through them. I cannot scroll down, nothing. I have to know the exact wording or plant to aearch for it on my list. When I have like 500+ observations.
Greg Stephen
1 year ago
Very good app, today tried 3 others, nothing like as good as this and others I tried required payment. I really like how if one photo isn't enough to identify plant, it asks for others from different angles to aid identification. Smart, accurate and can't fault it.
Adam Dawson
1 year ago
This app is so easy to use and has an amazing database that I have yet to catch out. I work in conservation and arboriculture and it is well up to a professional standard. I love the detailed aditional info that can be accessed as well as the fact that by using it you are contributing to the wealth of biological recording.
The will of the People
11 months ago
Great little app , I work in the garden sector and it's a great tool to learn , new species and unique genes , also those less common species . Especially good for mentoring individuals who are interested in the field - if your mentoring , or teaching . Invaluable app in this environment. We'll worth the download . 👍
Ridiku Lez
11 months ago
Way better than Seek at identifying plants. This app has improved a lot since I first started using it. It really adds another dimension to any walk in the countryside and is helping me to slowly learn to recognise plants. Although be warned, every walk now takes twice as long
Jay Lovemore
1 year ago
This App is brilliant! I tried 3 before finding this & found all to be unsatisfactory. Flora Incognita is so easy to use, it's quick & has loads of great features. Fast links to other sources such as Wikipedia. Lots of information to browse & pictures of the plant you've identified. Just been round my new garden & labeled plants, flowers, trees & shrubs. What a fantastic app to use. Thank you Flora Incognita, a big thumbs up👍
Xander King
1 year ago
Does a great job, I love it. I find the map function a little sketchy - some entries have recorded a location, others have not & I'm not sure why. I can't find the "observation" I just made right outside, or reposition / fine tune a location. Identify function seems to work very well & I'm learning about new trees & plants every day. Very impressed.
Tom Graham
11 months ago
An excellent app, truly indispenable for the committed gardener, and those who spend much time out in the country. For me it belongs to a very small group of apps which give a smartphone purpose. After 2 years of usage it has barely ever failed to produce a very plausible result. Well done to all who took part in its creation.
Steve Raeside
11 months ago
A very useful app for someone like me that knows little about plants but is very interested in gardening and the countryside. I also have a terrible memory. The only negatives for me are the process of being directed to photograph the flower (for example) when it doesn't have one and then choosing whether the apps suggestion is correct. I can live with that. Great app 👍
Molly m (YYH)
1 year ago
Much better than the other plant apps I have tried. This one was able to correctly id a few test plants and seemed correct on others that were unknown to me. It also seems free. I like this one so far. Update: I have been using this app for several months and I love it. It is really useful since even in the flower beds something unexpected can appear. This app has been so useful. I also downloaded it on my mom's phone so she can look plants up too. Wifi/data needed typically
A Google user
5 years ago
Love the app, too bad that unknown plants that are placed for review, are NEVER reviewed 😕 I really love the app, if they could fix this issue it would be amazing Response to reply; That's not the issue that I have with this app. It's that the plants/trees that can't be identified, have the option to "ask for an experts advise" so I've done that several times and never had any of the items properly ID'd by an expert. No one follows up.
A Google user
6 years ago
Very fun to mess around with, also helps with figureing out what that neat flower is growing in the middle of your yard. Although, it would be nice to be able to edit observations after making them. IE change the taxonomy on the plant from unknown to the correct plant. Or maybe add extra pictures / better pictures. Although, seeings how the app is developed in .. i forget, however it is not in North Amarica and it is still able to identify almost all of the plants i try. Amazing!
David Elder
1 year ago
Correctly identified 2 dozen plants. Some of the names the app came up with I didn't know but listed a name familiar to me in the notes. Acceptable search speeds with either wifi or cellular. No adds and free. I would give this app more than 5 stars if I could. Very simple to use. Exelent app design and execution. Don't change a thing!
Robert Vaughn
1 year ago
So far, an excellent app. I found this app mid summer, so I'll have to wait until next spring to get the most enjoyment out of it. Ive checked it out against familiar plants and trees, and I find it quite accurate. Sometimes, it lists a name I'm not familiar with, but if you look under synonyms, it's probably there. I like the location tags. I find the off line feature helpful, with some limitations, as some of the areas I bike to have no coverage.
A Google user
5 years ago
great app so far, it has helped me identify plant species easily and quickly! I like how it saves the location of the plant, where you saw it. My major concern is privacy, my location data, when taking pictures of my properties plants. Aside from the fear of the unknown, this app has exceeded my expectations for a free app. The UI is unique, that's for sure. but it's better than your average boring basic UI. No need to make an account, no fuss, no hassle, just shoot, identify, be happy.
Goldfish
2 years ago
Thanks 4 upd8! A way to put the list above the map or remove the map entirely would still be appreciated. Dark mode is very nice, but offline mode is misleading, as you need network to check the plant. If the image is not clear you will not know until you connect online and cannot retake. Awesome ty! I still think the map being moved/removed as a setting would be a good QOL upd8. Appreciate the time taken, will review more with better weather.
