Flora Incognita 4+

identify flowers and trees

Patrick Maeder

Designed for iPad

    • 4.8 • 262 Ratings
    • Free

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Description

FLORA INCOGNITA - DISCOVER THE DIVERSITY OF NATURE

What's blooming? With the Flora Incognita app, this question is quickly answered. Take a picture of a plant, find out what it's called and learn everything you want to know with the help of a fact sheet. Highly precise algorithms based on artificial intelligence identify wild plants even when they are not (yet) in bloom!

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 (@FloraIncognita@social.mpdl.mpg.de), 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.

What’s New

Version 3.10

3.10
- Advanced search and filtering for your observations
- Find your observations quickly in the species profile
- Fixed some language-specific issues
- Fixed many small bugs

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
262 Ratings

262 Ratings

Lucky urias rrtx ,

AMAZING

I really love this app, I tested it in my backyard, and it identified it perfectly! The app has only 2 problems: 1. I went around my neighborhood, identifying plants, and I came across this plant, with a bush like, base, and flowers on long stalks just shooting up, (I would say the name, but you’ll see why I can’t.) I took pictures accordingly, but it can up with an unknown species. I used Google, and it said Hummingbird Yuka and Red Yuka. Weird name. Anyway, I thought I should mention that, same with an oak tree... Other than that, this app is flawless, kudos to the developers! I love this app!!!💐🌺🌸💖❤️💕

Developer Response ,

We will include more plant growing in the US in the next weeks. So far we have the main focus in Mid-Europe. Thank you very much.

Gat0u8127/ ,

Very Enjoyable

I have always been interested in nature, and own field guides for a long time. Thumbing through pages and trying to match a living specimen to a book is difficult. Flora Incognita changed all of that for me. I would estimate that it’s identification rate is 95% or better, and it saves my picture with the grid coordinates so I might find the specimen again. I have enjoyed this app very much and highly recommend.

Looooooove prodigy ,

The best plant app I’ve ever had

Just absolutely wonderful. No adds, it’s free, almost always identifies the plant correctly. The only times it hasn’t were with hybrid garden flower varieties, but you can’t blame it for that. It’s very helpful when I go foraging as a double checker so I don’t pick up the wrong thing. I love earning the badges and writing little note son all my sightings. It’s just the best. Thank you so much for creating this app.

Developer Response ,

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App Privacy

The developer, Patrick Maeder, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Location
  • Contact Info
  • User Content
  • Identifiers

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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