Description

A rose is a woody perennial of the genusRosa,within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. Theyform agroup of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, withstemsthat are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are largeandshowy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds.Mostspecies are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native toEurope,North America, and northwest Africa. Species, cultivars andhybridsare all widely grown for their beauty and fragrance. Roseplantsrange in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers thatcanreach 7 meters in height. Different species hybridize easily,andthis has been used in the development of the wide range ofgardenroses.

The genus Rosa is subdivided into four subgenera:
• Hulthemia (formerly Simplicifoliae, meaning "with singleleaves")containing one or two species from southwest Asia, R.persica andRosa berberifolia which are the only roses withoutcompound leavesor stipules.
• Hesperrhodos (from the Greek for "western rose") containsRosaminutifolia and Rosa stellata, from North America.
• Platyrhodon (from the Greek for "flaky rose", referring toflakybark) with one species from east Asia, Rosa roxburghii.
• Rosa (the type subgenus) containing all the other roses.Thissubgenus is subdivided into 11 sections.
• Banksianae - white and yellow flowered roses from China.
• Bracteatae - three species, two from China and onefromIndia.
• Caninae - pink and white flowered species from Asia, EuropeandNorth Africa.
• Carolinae - white, pink, and bright pink flowered species allfromNorth America.
• Chinensis - white, pink, yellow, red and mixed-color rosesfromChina and Burma.
• Gallicanae - pink to crimson and striped flowered rosesfromwestern Asia and Europe.
• Gymnocarpae - one species in western North America(Rosagymnocarpa), others in east Asia.
• Laevigatae - a single white flowered species from China
• Pimpinellifoliae - white, pink, bright yellow, mauve andstripedroses from Asia and Europe.
• Rosa (syn. sect. Cinnamomeae) - white, pink, lilac, mulberryandred roses from everywhere but North Africa.
• Synstylae - white, pink, and crimson flowered roses fromallareas.

If you’re not sure what live wallpapers are, they're a typeofapplication that works on a mobile device using theAndroidoperating system (like your device!). The application worksas awallpaper – providing the background image for the homescreen—butalso works as a conventional application since it canprovideuser-interaction with the touch screen (allowing the imagetochange dynamically, for example) and access other hardwareandsoftware features within the device (accelerometer, GPS,networkaccess, etc.).

**Multiple backgrounds!** Switch up the background as often oraslittle as you like with user-configurable options.

**Power saving features!** This app uses much less powerthantypical live wallpapers. It will take a bit more power tooperatethan a normal wallpaper, but much, much less battery powerthan theaverage live wallpaper.

**Super easy to use!** Upon install the app will bring uptheoptions menu and then immediately let you set the wallpaper.Nohassle and easy to use!

**Translated to 35 languages!** Do you really, really wanttolearn Russian? We didn’t think so, but it’s available just incase,in any language your phone can display!

Please note that live wallpapers can’t be setautomatically.We’ll bring you to the setup screen where you’llselect the livewallpaper. We’d love to do it automatically butAndroid doesn’tallow it. Maybe some day.

Many roses were sampled in the making of this app. Licensedunderthe creative commons (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).Text atwikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Wallpaper andwikipedia.org/wiki/Rose.