nybg:

There are so many points worth noting in this story of an Apple ad gone botanically awry.

1. If you’re going to be spending a lot of time in the woods, you should not rely on your phone for anything. If the woods are quality woods, you probably won’t have any cellphone reception in the first place, so: a. Make sure you tell someone where you’re going and when you expect to be back and, b. If you are allergic to things like poison oak or poison ivy please know what they look like before heading out.
2. No one will ever be able to say a botany degree isn’t worth pursuing ever again.
3. Wikipedia is a great tool but should never be your main resource.
4. As Lena Struwe, the eagle eyed professor of botany and director of the Chrysler Herbarium at Rutgers University says, “We have lost a connection to our natural surroundings, in this case, information about a plant that could really hurt you.” Just one more reason botanical gardens and herbaria are still a necessary resource in this day and time!

~AR

Poor Siri, she tries so hard.  But, seriously, she was never going to be helpful on a hike in the woods anyway.