5 Resources To Learn & Identify Plants

Discover five free resources that will help you learn about and identify all kinds of different plants!

As an additional resource to the Domestika course “Colorful Herbarium from A to Z” by Fiona Luciani we would like to share with you a list of different books and applications that will help you enter the world of botany.

Aside from the lists below, in the course we previously mentioned you can explore the history of herbariums, botany, and the various possible compositions. You will also learn when and how to collect flowers respectfully, how to press them properly, how to create a mood board for inspiration, and design floral patterns that you can frame!

Additional Resources:

1. Mini-Flora of the Walking Gardener
A simple guide to put a name to 460 different plants we often encounter in gardens.

2. Wildflower Guide: Seventh Edition
Includes all the wild flowers of temperate zone of Europe and describes nearly 2,000 species + useful characteristics for identifying them.

3. Delachaux Guide to the Flowers of France and Europe: Second Edition
Designed as a field guide for identifying plants growing wild in France and throughout Europe, there are over 1,900 species described.

4. Pl@ntNet
A citizen science project that helps you identify plants thanks to your pictures.

5. Seek
Use the power of image recognition technology to identify the plants and animals around you. With each observation you can earn badges!

The world of botany is mysterious and fun! With so many different species existing in the world it’s a field of endless discovery, and we hope these extra resources will make those adventures just a little bit easier!

More Resources on Domestika:
Online Craft Courses
What Is Floral Design and What Are the Basic Techniques?, by Domestika
Watercolor Tutorial: Color Palettes in Botanical Illustration, by @anavictoriana