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[the_siobhan]

Anybody have a link to a decent plant identification guide? Something where I can I put in a list of characteristics and it will spit out a "it's probably this" answer?

My google-fu is weak and I have yet to find a phone app that does what it claims.

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[cincinnatus_c]

This here maybe?

[the_siobhan]

It seems to only be for flowers.

[redbird]

This might be some help: http://identifythatplant.com/

[the_siobhan]

I checked out their links, but most of the websites are ones I've already looked at - they are either regional or they focus on flower identification.

I swear there used to be a site that asked a series of questions about all the parts of the plant. It's entirely possible that it just doesn't exist any more.

[cincinnatus_c]

Maybe this? It's for New England, but most of what you'd find here you'd find there.

[the_siobhan]

But I don't know if it's from here.

I have a collection of plants that came out of a mixed arrangement. I have figured out that one is kalanchoe, which is from Africa, and another is cordyline, most varieties of which come from the South Pacific. So looking at sites that only list local plants doesn't help me because the unidentified ones could come from literally anywhere.

[cincinnatus_c]

Ah, I assumed you wanted to identify something growing in your yard. :)

Post a pic of it? Not that I'm likely to know what it is. :) My go-to strategy with these things is to type all the things you'd check off on the identification key into google images ... almost always gets it eventually. If it was a bug you could post a pic on bugguide.net ... you'd think there must be something like that for plants.

[lil_m_moses]

I haven't used it in years to know if it's sill useful, but 15 years ago I used it a lot: Dave's Garden

[nimrodiel]

There's a nature app called Seek by iNaturalist that identifies plants, animals, and insects using images https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app it can't always get the exact plant/animal/insect but usually gets you close

[kest]

If you post pics, I'm good at this (usually).

[greylock]

KEST! You live!!!!!! Also, I bet there's a plant ID reddit.

[kest]

I remembered dreamwidth exists.