Book  (May 1998)  Page(s) 144.  
 
Rosa aciphylla ('Cuspidate Rose') Description... 5 very small, pink-flushed white petals... Rosa aciphylla grows near Würzburg where it was discovered on a calcareous hill by Heller and published by Rau with a good illustration by Sturm. The name aciphylla alludes to the pointed leaves... At first glance it looks unlike any other rose, but it seems to be merely a modification of R. canina with ovate leaflets and ovoid receptacle...

Magazine  (1884)  Page(s) 95.  
 
Rosa aciphylla Rau....Thin branches, no prickles, green; small foliage, grey-bluish, obovate, acute; very acute serrature, deep, single; receptacle wide ellipsoid; sepal tips short, finely pinnate, no glands....

Book  (1821)  Page(s) Vol. II, tab 14.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa aciphylla. Rosier cuspidé.

Book  (1816)  Page(s) 69-70.  
 
Rosa aciphylla R. Globose calyx tube, glabrous peduncles; oblong-lanceolate foliage, cupidate, glabrous, matching unevenly acutely serrated, upper part of petioles pubescent, almost without prickles, branches prickly.
in German Spitzblättrige Rose
Blooms early May as does Rosa canina
Bushes 2 - 2 1/2 feet tall with prickly stem. Straight brown branches, armed with rare almost solitary curved prickles, short thick branchlets.....Five to seven yellowish green leaflets...glabrous on both sides, reticulate, transparent veins, unevenly serrated....Solitary short peduncles, 1 to 1 1/2 lines [2 to 3mm] long , often in clusters of 1-4, glabrous bracts....Petals two to three lines [4 to 6 mm] long, white, slightly redish shaded. Small globose glabrous hips. I have not seen ripe ones.