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About this tool
Upload or take a photo of any plant to instantly identify it using advanced AI.
Plant Scanner identifies a plant from a single photo and returns the three most likely species, each with a match probability and its botanical family, genus and order. Upload an image up to 4 MB or shoot one straight from a phone camera; the scanner first checks whether the picture contains a plant at all, then ranks the candidates and links each one to its Wikipedia entry. It suits gardeners, hikers and new plant owners who have a specimen in front of them and no name for it.
Open Plant Scanner on AltFTool — it loads instantly in your browser.
Press Choose Image — or Take Photo on a phone — and select a plant picture up to 4 MB; larger or non-image files are rejected before anything is sent.
Hit Identify Plant to submit the photo; pictures that do not contain a plant are refused rather than force-matched.
Compare the three ranked results by % Match with Family, Genus and Order for each, and follow 'Learn More on Wikipedia' to verify the identification.
Each suggestion carries its own probability score, so a 62% top match next to a 30% runner-up tells you to look at both rather than trust the first.
The response includes an is-plant flag, so a picture of a rug or a pet is refused instead of being force-fitted to a species.
Family, genus and order are shown for every candidate alongside a Wikipedia link, so you can confirm the identification against a written description.
Any standard image format up to 4 MB. Files above that limit are rejected before anything is sent, and non-image files are refused outright; on a phone the camera option captures directly from the rear-facing camera.
It depends on the photo, which is why every result shows a percentage match. A clear, well-lit, centred shot of leaves, flowers or bark usually produces a confident top candidate, while a distant or cluttered frame tends to spread probability across the three suggestions.
Yes. The image is encoded and posted to an identification service, because species recognition cannot run locally in the browser. If the service is unavailable the upload controls are disabled and no image is transmitted at all.
No, treat it as informational only. Several toxic species closely resemble edible ones, and a percentage match is not a safety verdict; confirm any foraging or toxicity question with a local expert, a regional field guide, or poison control.