Washington Wildflower Search

Wildflower Search

About this app

This App helps find and identify plants. When you give the App information about a plant, such as its location, flower color and the time of year, the App will quickly show you which plants match your selections.

The App includes 4,042 species of plants found in Washington. Overall, 2,244 are "Wildflowers", 291 are shrubs, 137 are broadleaf trees, 32 are conifers, 39 are vines, 509 are grass-like, 101 are fern-like, 348 are moss-like, 48 are seaweed and 310 are lichen.

Ratings and reviews

The WildflowerSearch apps work perfectly when offline, which is great. But I think the best thing about the WS apps is the huge list of external links for each species, for when you have an Internet connection. Sometimes you want to know further details or see more photos, and this app contains links to Flora of North America, UW's Burke Herbarium, OregonFlora, CalFlora, iNaturalist, and many others.

I use this app a lot in teaching, checking flowers and making plant lists. The only thing I've not figures out is how to load a list I've been sent from someone else into my app and have access to the list, just like I do when I make it myself. I expect this is not a feature that exists, but it would be a great addition.

Takes a long time to download. Great app for wildflower references. Occasionally the app stops working, and i have to download a new copy. Try an app called leaf snap for wildflowers, that doesnt cost anything.

What’s new

Updated scientific names. Added more species and plant descriptions.