Identify plants from photos.
Use optional plant identification to suggest a name, scientific name, and family, then refine the record yourself.
Free for iPhone
BloomScout
Identify plants. Record and share nature finds.
BloomScout helps you identify plants from photos, save field notes with exact locations, and share selected finds with private groups.
Download free on the App Store
Private by default. Built for wildflowers, orchids, places, and small groups.
Product screenshots
See the app you will use in the field.
BloomScout is built around fast find browsing, visual review, and detailed plant records you can return to later.
How BloomScout works
Turn a plant photo into a useful field record.
Identify plants, save the details you need later, and keep every find tied to its photos, notes, location, tags, and sharing context.
Record the full observation.
Save photos, names, dates, counts, notes, tags, location notes, and exact coordinates before the details fade.
Return to the same place.
Use maps, directions, distance sorting, and compass tools to get back to a flowering orchid, survey point, or site marker.
Share selected finds privately.
Create groups for walking clubs, conservation teams, garden projects, or nature circles, then choose exactly which finds each group can see.
Who BloomScout is for
For plant people, field groups, and curious walkers.
BloomScout is a private field notebook for identifying plants, recording wildflowers, orchids, weeds, and native species, and keeping track of other nature finds that are worth revisiting.
Wildflower and orchid enthusiasts
Identify plants from photos, then build a private map of seasonal finds, flowering times, favorite walks, and places worth revisiting.
Conservation volunteers
Record native plants, weeds, habitat markers, treatment areas, follow-up notes, and shared observations from site visits.
Walking and nature groups
Share selected plant and nature finds with a club, field trip, family group, or local botany circle without publishing sensitive locations.
Gardeners and growers
Keep notes on specimens, plantings, propagation sites, nursery stock, local seed sources, and what is thriving in different places.
Land carers
Track vegetation, weeds, flowering patches, revegetation areas, and places that need checking again over time.
Photographers and educators
Connect photos of plants, fungi, tracks, and other finds to exact places, dates, notes, tags, and context.
Plant and field workflows
Useful after the first identification.
BloomScout helps when a plant or nature find needs more than a name: location, context, revisits, sharing, and records you can search later.
Plant records
Identify a plant, save the common and scientific name, then keep photos, notes, tags, dates, and location together.
Seasonal revisits
Return to flowering patches, orchid sites, weed outbreaks, revegetation areas, or survey points when timing matters.
Shared site visits
Create a group for a project, walk, or field trip, then share only the finds that belong with that group.
Lightweight surveys
Tag records by species, area, status, flowering stage, treatment area, habitat type, or local project vocabulary.
Private reference archive
Build a small searchable library of local plants, fungi, tracks, habitat notes, and places your group cares about.
Filtered exports
Search or filter the records you need, then export the current view to CSV for reporting or offline review.
Example plant finds
Built for plants worth finding again.
BloomScout keeps plant photos connected to names, notes, tags, dates, exact places, and the people you choose to share with.
What each record keeps
Everything you need after identifying a plant.
A BloomScout record can start with a photo and a suggested plant name, then grow into a field note with location, dates, tags, sharing, and follow-up context.
- Plant names Save a common name, scientific name, and family when useful, with room to refine the identification later.
- Photos Add images from the camera or photo library so the plant or nature find stays easy to recognize.
- Exact places Save coordinates from photo metadata, current location, or a map picker.
- Notes, counts, and dates Record observation dates, counts, field notes, location notes, flowering stage, habitat, or project context.
- Tags and groups Organize finds with personal tags and share selected records with private groups.
- Search and export Filter by name, tag, group, author, date, distance, bookmark status, or location, then export matching records.
A simple plant record workflow.
- Identify or name the find.Start with a photo, use plant identification when helpful, then add the name, notes, tags, and observation date.
- Set the location.Use photo GPS, current location, or a map picker so the record points to the right place.
- Choose who can see it.Keep sensitive finds private, or share selected records with trusted groups.
- Use it later.Search, filter, map, bookmark, comment, export, or navigate back when the record becomes useful again.
Private sharing
Share plant locations with the people you trust.
Some plants are rare. Some places are personal. Some records only matter to a project group. BloomScout lets each find stay private or be shared with the right circle.
- Viewer, contributor, and admin roles Give people access that matches how they should participate.
- Selected find visibility Keep a record private, or share it with only the groups you choose.
- Group tags and permissions Use local project vocabulary, with admin controls for shared tag lists.
- Notifications when wanted Keep up with new finds and comments, with settings at profile and group level.
Free to use, private by default.
BloomScout is built for plant records and nature finds that should stay practical, searchable, and shared only with the people you choose.
Start your plant field notebook.
Identify plants, save exact locations, and keep a private record of wildflowers, orchids, weeds, fungi, habitat notes, site visits, and anything outdoors worth finding again.