Rose Identification
Snap & Recognize Any Rose In Seconds
Rose identification is instant with Botan. Recognize any species in 1-5 seconds and adjust your care routine.
Rosa gallicaMATCH: 99%
Identify Roses Online
Plant Identifier Online for Free
Use easy-to-see images for the best plant ID results. Try not to take photos from very far away.
Explore Roses
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Beach Rose
Rosa rugosa
China rose
Rosa chinensis
Cherokee rose
Rosa laevigata
damask rose
Rosa × damascena
prairie rose
Rosa arkansana
French rose
Rosa gallica
California wildrose
Rosa californica
Woods' rose
Rosa woodsii
Virginia rose
Rosa virginiana
Carolina rose
Rosa carolina
swamp rose
Rosa palustris
climbing rose
Rosa setigera
Red-leaved Rose
Rosa glauca
Hybrid Tea Rose
Rosa 'Peace'
Rose
Rosa 'Mister Lincoln'
dwarf rose
Rosa gymnocarpa
prickly rose
Rosa acicularis
smooth rose
Rosa blanda
Rosa moyesii
Rosa moyesii
Rose
Rosa 'Abraham Darby'
Rose
Rosa 'Double Delight'
Nootka rose
Rosa nutkana
musk rose
Rosa moschata
evergreen rose
Rosa sempervirens
How Botan Identifies Roses
With our rose identifier, you can recognize a plant in just 4 steps:
- Open the app and tap on the Photo icon.
- Upload or take a photo of the plant.
- Wait 1-5 seconds until the scanner processes it.
- Get the species ID result, care and environmental recommendations.
The entire process takes seconds and is fully automatic. Once our rose identifier app knows the exact species, it will suggest a care plan.
You can also switch to the Diagnosis feature to evaluate the plant’s health, identify the issue, and get a step-by-step recovery action plan.
Key Features for Rose Identification
There are over 280 rose species and over 30,000 cultivars, making them some of the most hybridized flowers. Identifying them is not easy, but it’s possible.
You only need to focus on the most distinctive features instead of the flower’s overall color and shape:
- Styles. These are the thin, stalk-like parts that connect the stigma to the ovary. Styles can fuse into a column and look like a single tube, as in the Field Rose, or each can stand on its own and form clusters, as in the Soft Downy-Rose. They can also be hairy or smooth, which narrows the search.
- Prickles (thorns). They vary greatly in shape (curved, straight, needle- and bristle-like), placement on the stem (found directly below the node or scattered along the stem between leaves), size, and density. This is one of the strongest ID features.
- Leaves and leaflets. You should pay attention to the number of leaves (3, 5, 7, or 9+), serration, texture, and surface. For example, a Climbing Prairie Rose has 3 dark-green leaflets, which is rare for North American and especially climbing species.
The recognition process doesn’t stop there. We also recommend considering stipules, sepals, petals, and the plant’s fruit.
5 Tips for Better Rose Identification with Botan
Alternatively, you can use a rose identifier online and get results instantly. You are most likely to get an accurate species-level ID if you follow some simple rules.
Tip | Why It Helps |
Frame both a flower and a mid-stem section with leaflets | That’s how you capture the features with the highest ID value (leaves, leaflets, stem, stipules, and prickles) |
Take a photo under natural but diffuse light | Direct sunlight can create hard shadows that hide essential information like leaf texture, serration, etc. |
Ensure a single plant is in focus | Other plants’ features can mislead the system and lead to an incorrect species ID |
Let autofocus lock before shooting | The less motion blur, the clearer the lines, the more accurate the ID |
Avoid using flash or zooming in digitally | Both can distort fine details necessary for accurate results |
You can tap the Information icon in the app to access these and other useful tips if you need a reminder.
FAQ
The Botan detector provides 95+% accuracy, but mistakes can still happen. If you aren’t sure the result is correct, take another photo under good lighting and try to capture the most distinctive parts of the plant: its flower, stem, thorns, leaf-base wings, leaves, and leaflets.
