Plant care lookup

GET /v1/plant/care · $0.001 a call

Send a plant's scientific or common name. Truelens checks it against a botanical name registry and moves outdated or common names to the accepted scientific name, then looks up fixed care notes by species, then genus, along with pet toxicity from veterinary poison control lists. No photo and no model call, so the same name always gets the same answer.

For plant care reminders, houseplant shops, garden apps.

Request

Send these fields as query parameters on GET /v1/plant/care. No photo is needed.

Field	Type	Description
`name`	string, up to 100 characters, required	The plant's scientific or common name, e.g. "Monstera deliciosa", "snake plant" or "pothos".

Photo tips. No photo needed. Send the scientific name when you have it; common names work for popular plants.

1curl "https://truelens.keronlabs.com/v1/plant/care?name=Monstera%20deliciosa" \
2  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRUELENS_KEY"

Response

Field	Description
`summary`	One line, e.g. "Monstera deliciosa: bright indirect light, water when the top 5 cm is dry".
`found`	false when we have no care notes for this plant; name still shows what it resolved to.
`name`	given (what you sent), scientific_name (the accepted name, or null when unknown), rank (species or genus) and family.
`care`	light, water, humidity, temperature and soil, one sentence each. The water line is the watering rhythm. null when not found.
`toxicity`	status (known or unknown), cats, dogs, horses (true, false or null when unknown) and notes.

Example

Output of this API’s own code on the sample request above.

1{
2  "metadata": {
3    "id": "req_9cf4da08fe7f40dab71a",
4    "engine": "plant/care",
5    "status": "success",
6    "cached": false,
7    "credits_used": 0.1,
8    "created_at": "2026-10-19T09:30:00.000Z",
9    "processing_ms": 40
10  },
11  "summary": "Monstera deliciosa: bright indirect light, water when the top 5 cm of soil is dry",
12  "found": true,
13  "name": {
14    "given": "Monstera deliciosa",
15    "scientific_name": "Monstera deliciosa",
16    "rank": "species",
17    "family": "Araceae"
18  },
19  "care": {
20    "light": "Bright indirect light; tolerates medium light.",
21    "water": "Water when the top 5 cm of soil is dry.",
22    "humidity": "Medium to high, 50% or more.",
23    "temperature": "18 to 30 °C; keep above 12 °C.",
24    "soil": "Chunky, free-draining aroid mix."
25  },
26  "toxicity": {
27    "status": "known",
28    "cats": true,
29    "dogs": true,
30    "horses": true,
31    "notes": "Insoluble calcium oxalate crystals: mouth irritation, drooling, vomiting."
32  }
33}