Flora Americae Septentrionalis vol. 2, pp. 735-736 (1814)
Frederick Pursh
Rosa lutescens.—R. germinibus globosis pedunculisque glabris, ramulis hispido-spinosis, foliolis (7) glabris ovalibus acuminato-serratis, petiolis inermibus, floribus solitariis, lacinus calycis lanceolatis cuspidatis, petalis ovalibus obtusissimis.
In Carolina. ♄ . May, June. v. v. in Hort. Lee. Flowers white, with a faint tint of yellow.

"Hort. Lee" refers to the garden of Lee and Kennedy, nurserymen of the Royal Vineyard Nursery in Hammersmith.