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The free screensaver, The First Rose to Open in Spring, was created by RateMyScreensaver.com and contains 24 high resolution images of breathtaking herbs. Primula is a genus of 400-500 species of low-growing herbs in the family Primulaceae. They include primrose, auricula, cowslip and oxslip. Many species are grown for their ornamental flowers. They are native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, south into high altitude tropical mountains in Ethiopia, Indonesia and New Guinea, and are also found in temperate southern South America.
Perennial primulas bloom mostly during the spring; their flowers can be purple, yellow, red, pink, or white. Generally, they prefer filtered sunlight. Many species are adapted to high alpine climates. - wiki
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The free screensaver, A Weed of National Significance, was created by RateMyScreensaver.com and contains 15 high resolution images of the Lantana flowering plant. Lantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants, native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa. The genus includes both herbaceous plants and shrubs growing to 0.5-2 m tall. Lantana`s aromatic flower clusters (called umbels) are a mix of red and orange florets. Other colors exist as new varieties are being selected. - wiki
Lantana is a Weed of National Significance. It is regarded as one of the worst weeds in Australia because of its invasiveness, potential for spread, and economic and environmental impacts.
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The free screensaver, Nice Looking Weed, was created by RateMyScreensaver.com and contains 21 high resolution images of hemp-nettles. Galeopsis (hemp-nettles) the genus name Galeopsis means, looks like a weasel, (early botanists thought that is what the corolla resembled), and the species epithet means four-parted, probably for the ovary of the plant.
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The free screensaver, The Great Planet Saturn, was created by RateMyScreensaver.com and contains 19 high resolution images of Saturn. Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun. It is a gas giant (also known as a Jovian planet, after the planet Jupiter), the second-largest planet in the Solar System after Jupiter. Saturn has a prominent system of rings, consisting mostly of ice particles with a smaller amount of rocky debris and dust. It was named after the Roman God Saturn (the Greek equivalent is Cronos, father of Zeus). - wiki
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The free screensaver, Luna, was created by RateMyScreensaver.com and contains 19 high resolution images of the Moon. The Moon is Earth`s only natural satellite. It has no formal English name other than the Moon, although it is occasionally called Luna (Latin for moon) to distinguish it from the generic term moon (referring to any of the various natural satellites of other planets).- wiki
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