U.P. HEDRICK. C.E.F. Ottawa. An open-fertilized seedling of R. Spinosissima altaica. A vigorous bush with abundant dark green foliage. The stems are reddish brown and the plant has some resemblance to R. blanda. The flowers are single, large, and pink.

Garden Rose Growing, Canada Department of Agriculture, Publication 908, 1960 p. 23