Website/Catalog  (2018)  
 
Rosa woodsii Lindley subsp. gratissima (Greene) W. H. Lewis & Ertter...
Within subsp. gratissima, localized clusters of glabrous populations on the northern foot of the San Bernardino Mountains represent var. glabrata (Parish) D. Cole (basionym R. californica Chamisso & Schlechtendal var. glabrata Parish); R. mohavensis Parish is a homotypic synonym and R. woodsii var. mohavensis (Parish) Jepson is superfluous and illegitimate. Conservative attention to var. glabrata is warranted....

Article (magazine)  (10 Sep 2007)  Page(s) 352.  
 
Rosa woodsii Lindley var. glabrata (Parish) D. Cole, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 55:223. 1956, non Rosa glabrata P. Kitaibel in A. Kanitz, Linnaea 32:588. 1863. Rosa californica Chamisso & Schlechtendal var. glabrata Parish...Rosa mohavensis Parish...Rosa woodsii var. mohavensis (Parish) Jepson...
Localized clusters of glabrous populations on the north foot of the San Bernardino mountains represent the variety glabrata within Rosa woodsii subsp. gratissima.

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 275.  
 
R. mohavensis Parish. Bald shrub, 0.5-1 m./1.7-3.3 ft. hihj, stems slender, prickles straight, scattered, flattened at the base, floral branches short, more or less prickly; stipules entire, petiole and rachis with few prickles; leaflets generally 5, oval to elliptic, 5-15 mm./0.2-0.6 in. long, serrate; flowers solitary, rarely 2-3, pink, 2.5 cm./1 in. across, May-July; sepals caudate, fruits globose. AFP 2255. California; moist places.

Book  (1944)  Page(s) 463.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa mohavensis Parish. Mojave Rose. Fig. 2515.
Rosa californica var. glabrata Parish, Erythea 6: 88. 1898.
Rosa mohavensis Parish, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. 1 : 87. 1902.
Rosa Woodsii var. mohavensis Jepson, Fl. Calif. 2: 210. 1936.

Plant glabrous throughout; stems slender, 5-10 dm. high, armed with nearly straight scattered prickles flattened at base; floral branches short, more or less prickly. Stipules mostly entire ; petioles and rachis occasionally with a few prickles ; leaflets generally 5, oval to elliptic, 5—15 mm. long, serrate ; flowers solitary, rarely 2 or 3 ; hypanthium globose ; sepals caudate-attenuate, about 10 mm. long ; petals about 15 mm. long.
Moist places, Upper Sonoran Zone; borders of the Mojave Desert, southern California. Type locality: Cushenberry Springs, on the desert slopes of the San Bernardino Mountains, California. May-July.

 

Book  (1939)  Page(s) 184.  
 
Rosa mohavensis Paris. Desert Rose.
Herbage nearly glabrous and without glands. Flowers solitary or 2 or 3 in a cluster. Otherwise very much like R. ultramontana.
Desert Rose occurs in moist places of teh desert slopes of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel mountains and probably north to the mountains of Inyo County.
Rosa mohavensis Parish, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. 1:87 (1902). Type locality: North side of San Bernardino Mountains at Cushenbury Springs. Collected by S. B. Parish.

Book  (1939)  Page(s) 179, 181.  
 
Key to the Species
Sepals, styles and upper part of the hypanthium persistent on the fruit; pistils numerous.
- Hypanthium normally smooth and glabrous.
-- Stems with slender straight (or nearly so) prickles.
--- Stipules, petioles, and rachises copiously glandular; leaflets with gland-tipped teeth....5. R. pinetorum.
--- Stipules, petioles, and rachises not conspiciously glandular.
---- Sepals usually without broad foliaceous tips.
----- Sepals decidely glandular....6. R. pisocarpa.
----- Sepals not glandular.
------ Flowers usually several in a cluster; leaflets pubescent beneath....7. R. ultramontana.
------ Flowers solitary or 2 or 3 in a cluster; leaflets glabrous on both surfaces, sometimes glaucous beneath....8. R. mohavensis.
---- Sepals normally with broad foliaceous tips....4. R. californica segregates.