LEARN TOGETHER

The Modern Way to Master Plant ID

Free flashcards, quizzes and daily games that teach you plant names.

The free plant identification study platform. Auto-generated flashcards from thousands of plant profiles, quizzes, care guides, and daily challenges.

8,798+

Plants

328+

Sets

Gardener examining plants with digital tools in a community garden

DAILY GAMES

Three Plant Games, Made For Plant Nerds.

Three quick games every day. Spot the mystery plant, key out a specimen character by character, or name one from botanical clues. Play one or all three and grow a streak across the lot.

Scroll

8,798+

Plant Species

Study Modes

365

Daily Challenges / Year

100%

Free to Use

Platform Features

Everything You Need to
Master Plant ID

From auto-generated flashcards to garden design calculators. Built for students, teachers, and plant enthusiasts.

Daily Plant Games

Three games every day. Identify a mystery species, work a dichotomous key lead by lead, or name a specimen from botanical clues. Build one streak across all three.

Digital Flashcards

Flashcards are generated automatically from every plant profile. Choose and order the photos used in your study sessions, or leave them automatic for more variety.

Plant Care Guides

Detailed watering schedules, light requirements, soil preferences, and seasonal tips. Everything you need to keep your plants thriving.

Quizzes & Exam Prep

Six formats — flashcards, multiple choice, plant parts, writing, glossary and Name Game — plus Daily Mix. Seven ways to study, built for horticulture exam prep, with scores to help you drill your weak areas.

Garden Tools & Calculators

Garden spacing calculators, raised bed material estimators, and companion planting guides. Plan your garden like a pro.

Plant Database

Browse thousands of species with scientific names, ID tips, high-quality photos, and growing requirements. Each profile becomes instant flashcards.

Print & go

Printable Study Sheets

Turn any plant list into paper — double-sided flashcards, photo test sheets, and answer keys, generated in one click. Perfect for classrooms, plant walks, and studying away from a screen.

Daily Plant Games

Three games every day. Identify a mystery species, work a dichotomous key lead by lead, or name a specimen from botanical clues. Build one streak across all three.

Digital Flashcards

Flashcards are generated automatically from every plant profile. Choose and order the photos used in your study sessions, or leave them automatic for more variety.

Plant Care Guides

Detailed watering schedules, light requirements, soil preferences, and seasonal tips. Everything you need to keep your plants thriving.

Quizzes & Exam Prep

Garden Tools & Calculators

Garden spacing calculators, raised bed material estimators, and companion planting guides. Plan your garden like a pro.

Plant Database

Browse thousands of species with scientific names, ID tips, high-quality photos, and growing requirements. Each profile becomes instant flashcards.

Print & go

Printable Study Sheets

Turn any plant list into paper — double-sided flashcards, photo test sheets, and answer keys, generated in one click. Perfect for classrooms, plant walks, and studying away from a screen.

How It Works

Your Free Horticulture Reference Tool

Jump straight in. Browse plants, study flashcards, or take a quiz. No sign-up needed to start.

Community Activity

See What's Happening

Badges earned, streaks achieved, new collections published, and more from the Plant Reference community.

597+

Learners

8k+

Plants

1k+

Badges Earned

479+

Care Guides

328+

Collections

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LEARN TOGETHER

The Modern Way to Master Plant ID

Free flashcards, quizzes and daily games that teach you plant names.

The free plant identification study platform. Auto-generated flashcards from thousands of plant profiles, quizzes, care guides, and daily challenges.

8,798+

Plants

328+

Sets

DAILY GAMES

Three Plant Games, Made For Plant Nerds.

Three quick games every day. Spot the mystery plant, key out a specimen character by character, or name one from botanical clues. Play one or all three and grow a streak across the lot.

Scroll

8,798+

Plant Species

Study Modes

365

Daily Challenges / Year

100%

Free to Use

Seasonal

In your garden right now

All care guides

Platform Features

Everything You Need to
Master Plant ID

From auto-generated flashcards to garden design calculators. Built for students, teachers, and plant enthusiasts.

Daily Plant Games

Three games every day. Identify a mystery species, work a dichotomous key lead by lead, or name a specimen from botanical clues. Build one streak across all three.

Digital Flashcards

Flashcards are generated automatically from every plant profile. Choose and order the photos used in your study sessions, or leave them automatic for more variety.

Plant Care Guides

Detailed watering schedules, light requirements, soil preferences, and seasonal tips. Everything you need to keep your plants thriving.

Quizzes & Exam Prep

Garden Tools & Calculators

Garden spacing calculators, raised bed material estimators, and companion planting guides. Plan your garden like a pro.

Plant Database

Browse thousands of species with scientific names, ID tips, high-quality photos, and growing requirements. Each profile becomes instant flashcards.

Print & go

Printable Study Sheets

Turn any plant list into paper — double-sided flashcards, photo test sheets, and answer keys, generated in one click. Perfect for classrooms, plant walks, and studying away from a screen.

Daily Plant Games

Three games every day. Identify a mystery species, work a dichotomous key lead by lead, or name a specimen from botanical clues. Build one streak across all three.

Digital Flashcards

Flashcards are generated automatically from every plant profile. Choose and order the photos used in your study sessions, or leave them automatic for more variety.

Plant Care Guides

Detailed watering schedules, light requirements, soil preferences, and seasonal tips. Everything you need to keep your plants thriving.

Quizzes & Exam Prep

Garden Tools & Calculators

Garden spacing calculators, raised bed material estimators, and companion planting guides. Plan your garden like a pro.

Plant Database

Browse thousands of species with scientific names, ID tips, high-quality photos, and growing requirements. Each profile becomes instant flashcards.

Print & go

Printable Study Sheets

Turn any plant list into paper — double-sided flashcards, photo test sheets, and answer keys, generated in one click. Perfect for classrooms, plant walks, and studying away from a screen.

Three suggested paths

Not sure where to start?

Try one of these suggested sequences through the study tools — or mix and match any quiz, any time.

Beginner Botany

Start here

Build a foundation of common landscape plants — see them, name them, make it a daily habit.

FlashcardsLearn faces first — photo on the front, name on the back
Multiple choiceCheck yourself against close lookalikes
Daily PlantOne mystery plant a day keeps it stuck

Pro Hort Prep

Exam ready

Drill for CPH and hort program exams — recall under pressure, then prove it in writing.

Multiple choiceSelf-paced runs across full plant lists
Writing testSpell every binomial from memory
Glossary quizNail the botanical terminology

Houseplant ID

Indoor focus

Know every plant on your windowsill — and what it's actually called at the nursery.

FlashcardsRecognize the classics on sight
Name gameMatch common names to Latin names
Multiple choiceTell a pothos from a philodendron

These paths are suggestions, not requirements — every quiz and tool works on its own, in any order.

How It Works

Your Free Horticulture Reference Tool

Jump straight in. Browse plants, study flashcards, or take a quiz. No sign-up needed to start.

Purpose-Built

Why Choose Plant Reference
Over Quizlet?

Plant Reference does this out of the box

Flashcards auto-generated from every plant profile
Plant care guides integrated with study materials
Daily plant challenges with streak tracking
Garden design tools and spacing calculators

What People Say

Loved by Students & Teachers

Sarah M.

Horticulture Student · Portland, OR

“Plant Reference helped me pass my plant ID exam. The daily challenges made studying actually fun instead of a chore.”

Quizzes & Exam Prep

James R.

Biology Teacher · London, UK

“I use Plant Reference with my biology classes. Students love the flashcards and compete on the Daily Plant leaderboard.”

Daily Plant

Anika P.

Botany Major · Melbourne, AU

“The auto-generated flashcards from the plant database are a game changer. I just browse species and everything is ready to study.”

Auto-Flashcards

Tom K.

Nursery Owner · Seattle, WA

“Great resource for training new staff on plant identification. The care guides are comprehensive and well-written.”

Care Guides

Sarah M.

Horticulture Student · Portland, OR

“Plant Reference helped me pass my plant ID exam. The daily challenges made studying actually fun instead of a chore.”

Quizzes & Exam Prep

James R.

Biology Teacher · London, UK

“I use Plant Reference with my biology classes. Students love the flashcards and compete on the Daily Plant leaderboard.”

Daily Plant

Anika P.

Botany Major · Melbourne, AU

“The auto-generated flashcards from the plant database are a game changer. I just browse species and everything is ready to study.”

Auto-Flashcards

Tom K.

Nursery Owner · Seattle, WA

“Great resource for training new staff on plant identification. The care guides are comprehensive and well-written.”

Care Guides

Marcus T.

Landscape Architecture Student · New York, NY

“The design tools and spacing calculators are incredibly useful for my coursework. Saves hours of manual calculations.”

Design Calculators

Patricia L.

Community Garden Volunteer · Austin, TX

“I've learned more about garden plants in a month than in years of gardening. The care guides are incredibly detailed.”

Care Guides

Chen W.

Environmental Science Student · Vancouver, BC

“Daily Plant is addictive. It's like Wordle but I'm actually learning something useful for my degree.”

Daily Plant

Lisa M.

Home Gardener · Sydney, AU

“Love that I can add my own plants and images. It's become my personal garden journal and study tool combined.”

Plant Database

Marcus T.

Landscape Architecture Student · New York, NY

“The design tools and spacing calculators are incredibly useful for my coursework. Saves hours of manual calculations.”

Design Calculators

Patricia L.

Community Garden Volunteer · Austin, TX

“I've learned more about garden plants in a month than in years of gardening. The care guides are incredibly detailed.”

Care Guides

Chen W.

Environmental Science Student · Vancouver, BC

“Daily Plant is addictive. It's like Wordle but I'm actually learning something useful for my degree.”

Daily Plant

Lisa M.

Home Gardener · Sydney, AU

“Love that I can add my own plants and images. It's become my personal garden journal and study tool combined.”

Plant Database

Community Activity

See What's Happening

Badges earned, streaks achieved, new collections published, and more from the Plant Reference community.

597+

Learners

8k+

Plants

1k+

Badges Earned

479+

Care Guides

328+

Collections

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Plants

Photos

597+

Learners

Start Learning Plants Today

Join 597+ learners already using Plant Reference. Browse plants, study flashcards, and take quizzes. No account needed to get started.

The Modern Way to Master Plant ID

Everything You Need to Master Plant ID

Daily Plant Games

Digital Flashcards

Plant Care Guides

Quizzes & Exam Prep

Garden Tools & Calculators

Plant Database

Printable Study Sheets

Daily Plant Games

Digital Flashcards

Plant Care Guides

Quizzes & Exam Prep

Garden Tools & Calculators

Plant Database

Printable Study Sheets

Your Free Horticulture Reference Tool

See What's Happening

The Modern Way to Master Plant ID

In your garden right now

Everything You Need to Master Plant ID

Daily Plant Games

Digital Flashcards

Plant Care Guides

Quizzes & Exam Prep

Garden Tools & Calculators

Plant Database

Printable Study Sheets

Daily Plant Games

Digital Flashcards

Plant Care Guides

Quizzes & Exam Prep

Garden Tools & Calculators

Plant Database

Printable Study Sheets

Not sure where to start?

Beginner Botany

Pro Hort Prep

Houseplant ID

Your Free Horticulture Reference Tool

Why Choose Plant Reference Over Quizlet?

Loved by Students & Teachers

See What's Happening

Start Learning Plants Today

In your garden right now

Not sure where to start?

Beginner Botany

Pro Hort Prep

Houseplant ID

Why Choose Plant Reference Over Quizlet?

Loved by Students & Teachers

Start Learning Plants Today

Everything You Need to
Master Plant ID

Everything You Need to
Master Plant ID

Why Choose Plant Reference
Over Quizlet?

Why Choose Plant Reference
Over Quizlet?