Article (magazine)  (1 Jun 2015)  Page(s) 285.  
 
Some diploid species (R. farreri Cox and R. koreana Kom.) that were previously included in R. sect. Pimpinellifoliae but are resolved in the Cinnamomeae clade are morphologically distinct from other members of the section by having bracts and sometimes pink or red flowers. These distinct species seem to be genetically close to R. sect. Cinnamomeae as suggested by the GAPDH analyses and should probably be transferred to R. sect. Cinnamomeae, as noted in the taxonomic revision by Roberts (1977).

Article (magazine)  (2007)  
 
R. koreana typical ploidy 2x

Book  (1 May 2003)  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa koreana Komarov Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada. 18: 434. 1901.
长白蔷薇 chang bai qiang wei
Shrubs small, ca. 1 m tall, dense. Branchlets dense, dark purple-red, prickles paired below each node and densely scattered, terete, straight, bristlelike, to 6 mm, fine, abruptly flaring to an elliptic base; branches of present year sparsely prickly. Leaves including petiole 4–7 cm; stipules mostly adnate to petiole, free parts ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, margin glandular serrate; rachis and petiole sparsely prickly and glandular; leaflets 7–11(–15), elliptic, obovate-elliptic, or oblong-elliptic, 6–15 × 4–8 mm, abaxially subglabrous or along veins sparsely pubescent, rarely sparsely glandular, adaxially glabrous, base subrounded or broadly cuneate, margin acutely glandular serrate, partly doubly serrate, apex rounded-obtuse. Flower solitary, axillary, 2–3 cm in diam.; pedicel 1.2–2 cm, glandular-pubescent; bracts absent. Hypanthium oblong. Sepals 5, lanceolate, abaxially glabrous, adaxially sparsely pubescent, not glandular, rarely sparsely glandular at margin, apex long acuminate or caudate-acuminate. Petals 5, tinged with pinkish, obovate, base cuneate, apex emarginate. Styles free, much shorter than stamens, slightly exserted. Hip orange-red, oblong, 1.5–2 cm, shiny, with persistent, erect sepals; pedicel 1.2–2 cm, glandular-pubescent. Fl. May–Jun, Jul–Sep.
Forests margins, scrub, rocky places on slopes; 600--1200 m. Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning [Korea].

var. glandulosa-leaves beneath, petiole densely glandular

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 123.  
 
R. koreana Korea 1917... Single, white to blush-pink flowers followed by small, pendulous oval, orange hips...[listed with forms and hybrids of R. hugonis]

Book  (2 Jan 1984)  Page(s) 24.  
 
Rosa koreana Kom. Description.

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 252.  
 
R. koreana Komar. Shrub to 1 m./3.3 ft. high, very dense; shoots dark red, densely bristly; leaflets 7-11, elliptic, 1-2 cm./0.4-0.8 in. long, bald or slightly puberulent beneath, sharply serrate-glandular; flowers white with pink hue, about 3 cm./1.2 in. across; pedicels glandular; fruit ovate, orange-red, about 1.5 cm./0.6 in. long. Korea. 1917. Hybrids of S. McGredy attributed to this species are incorrect. He crossed with R. x coryana Hurst.

Website/Catalog  (1949)  Page(s) 14.  
 
Rosa Koreana - A shrub to 3 ft. high. Small ferny foliage, very fragrant blush white flowers, followed by very ornamental flask shaped fruits. Each ...$1.00