# Help with plant ID please **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 3, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-plant-id-please/847454 "2020-02-03T23:35:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-plant-id-please/847454/1 "2020-02-03T23:35:41Z")
[Specifically this one.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/52748cef-5c46-4e18-87b4-266697288044.jpg) Southern coast area of California. Pen for scale. It’s coming up all over my yard and I’m concerned it might be bad for my cats. Any help appreciated. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-plant-id-please/847454/2 "2020-02-03T23:46:44Z")
Looks like some variety of [Tradescantia](https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/tradescantia-wild-food), also called Wandering Jew. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-plant-id-please/847454/3 "2020-02-03T23:47:48Z")
Looks like they’re [bad news](https://www.cuteness.com/article/wandering-jew-plants-poisonous-cats) for pets. ---
**Author:** ![GMANCANADA](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gmancanada/32/2837_2.png) [@GMANCANADA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GMANCANADA)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-plant-id-please/847454/4 "2020-02-04T01:30:03Z")
As I’ve posted before, not to undermine the great detective skill of the SDMB, but I’d suggest you download the app Plantsnap (Plant Snap) for your phone, they have iOS & Android versions. The free version allows a certain number of ID’s a day, the pay version allows unlimited. You take a picture of the plant and it ID’s it from their database, it also gives you key facts about the plant. Works great. > **[PlantSnap - Plant Identifier App, #1 Mobile App for Plant Identification](https://www.plantsnap.com)** > > PlantSnap is an easy-to-use plant identifier app. Use it for instant flower identification, tree identification, and other plant identification needs! > [@](#): > > Identify plants, flowers, cacti, succulents and mushrooms in seconds with the click of a button on your mobile device ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-plant-id-please/847454/5 "2020-02-04T04:54:03Z")
Here’s another website that you could use. [http://identifythatplant.com/plant-id-resources/plant-id-websites/](http://identifythatplant.com/plant-id-resources/plant-id-websites/) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-plant-id-please/847454/6 "2020-02-04T05:28:14Z")
I started with that website nwh but couldn’t make a positive ID. But thanks. Thanks for the link gman. I’ll download it. Everyone else, thank you for the help!