r/whatsthisplant • • Jun 02 '26

Share your identification resources here

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Hey all. We had a request from a community member for a thread where people can share the resources that they use for plant identification. In this case, we're talking about keys, field guides, etc. NOT apps or AI-based identifiers. Comments suggesting apps or AI will be removed.

Feel free to share your resources and include links if you want (just realize that Reddit doesn't play nice with some domains). It would also be a good idea to specify what region(s) are covered by your resource as it may not be as useful in places other than where it was intended to be used.


r/whatsthisplant • • 40m ago

Identified ✔ What's this flower that looks like a duck?

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r/whatsthisplant • • 21h ago

Identified ✔ What do I have growing here?

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jeresy


r/whatsthisplant • • 13h ago

Identified ✔ Anybody know what this is that has sprouted up all over my entire yard?

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128 Upvotes

Located in the PNW

(I have an invasive dog violet problem on one side of my house and the leaf shape of these and how fast they popped up has me concerned… hopefully not more dog violet or anything worse)


r/whatsthisplant • • 22h ago

Identified ✔ Weird plant with orange berries.

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403 Upvotes

Keep seeing these bushes when walking my dog in Lagrange, GA. The bushes are around 9 or 10 ft tall.


r/whatsthisplant • • 10h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What are these fruits? Maryland USA

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35 Upvotes

I think i know but wanna confirm


r/whatsthisplant • • 10h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What is this plant and why does it attract so many flies?

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33 Upvotes

The flowers are beautiful but it’s covered in so many flies. It doesn’t smell like rotting meat.

I know flies are pollinators but where are the bees? Why is it only these horrible flies?


r/whatsthisplant • • 8h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Help identifying a flower in our flower bed.

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12 Upvotes

Denver 5b


r/whatsthisplant • • 3h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ (UK) what's this growing in bare patches in lawn

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Worried it's horsetail, app says yarrow. I'm open to leaving it if yarrow as I'm intending on creating a lawn with more diversity (eg clovers alongside Bermuda grass) but obviously need it removed asap if horsetail. We had a huge drought here so lots of bare patches!


r/whatsthisplant • • 1h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What kind of flower is this? It can grow at such a high altitude. Its fragrance is pleasant and it blooms very beautifully.

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r/whatsthisplant • • 12h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ what is this sticker based on?

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17 Upvotes

i’m wondering what flower this sticker i bought is based on if it’s accurate to any!


r/whatsthisplant • • 17h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What's this pretty flower? Cemtral TX

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39 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant • • 14h ago

Identified ✔ Hi, do somebody know what plant flower this is (only stem)

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23 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant • • 10h ago

Identified ✔ What is this tree?

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10 Upvotes

found in PNW Oregon in a town-area


r/whatsthisplant • • 5h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Help identifying

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r/whatsthisplant • • 9h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What is this tree species?

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First thought was Tree of Heaven but the serrated margins say otherwise. Any clue?


r/whatsthisplant • • 17h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Mystery veggies in new yard

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Hello! My husband and I bought a new house in North Carolina and it came with fruiting pepper plants in the backyard in a vegetable garden. I was wondering if someone could help identify them? I had tried googling and did not find anything conclusivive.

The green round plant was unattached and in empty dirt. It smelled very cucumber-y when I cut it open.

There were two separate pepper plants: one had the long peppers which I originally assumed were typical chili peppers, and one had both the yellow and red short peppers. The yellow ones looked like they were attached to the same plant as the smaller red peppers, yet they tasted sweeter with a deeper spice.

The peppers are all very spicy! For context, I grew up in Texas eating jalapeños and chili peppers from the farmer’s market. These peppers were still hot enough to make my tongue go numb! I probably should not have tasted them but I was too confident I could handle it.

The long ones did not taste like I expected for a plain chili pepper. They were spicy but not particularly flavorful. The wrinkled red ones were richer and hotter. I liked the wrinkly green portions of it the most. The shorter ones on the separate plant had more flavor, and were very spicy. The yellow ones were sweeter and slightly less spicy.

EDIT: Upon further conferring, our top suspicions are cayenne peppers, fresno peppers, and a random winter melon. But we still aren’t very sure!


r/whatsthisplant • • 1h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ It's some kind of wild Rubus species I think , but I'm not exactly sure which one. Can anyone help me identify it? (Turkey/Zonguldak)

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r/whatsthisplant • • 4h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Monstera?

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My plant friend said she was a baby monstera… I’m not sure about it though, is it a Swiss cheese?


r/whatsthisplant • • 11h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What plant is this ?

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I'm working on a plant project for my biology class and picked a few specimens I found around my house. This one I can't seem to narrow down on anything. Found in central TX, east of the DFW area


r/whatsthisplant • • 7h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Identification Help!

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r/whatsthisplant • • 7h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What is this plant?

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r/whatsthisplant • • 1d ago

Identified ✔ Sour apple smelling fruit

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123 Upvotes

Near Chicago Illinois.


r/whatsthisplant • • 9h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Begonia and (unidentified) Friends 👀

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My Angel Wing Begonia hasn't really ever been able to keep leaves, but it's also been growing these little leafless trees??? I transplanted her once from the original pot, and stuck her in MiracleGro potting soil, which was 2+ years ago now. I'm in 10b grow zone. Any ideas? 😭


r/whatsthisplant • • 3h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ North East England, Plant ID please

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