Website/Catalog  (2020)  Page(s) 115.  Includes photo(s).
 
Mediterrànea, Pere Dot, 1943, HT, lake-carmine, with yellow brushstrokes passing to pink with white when expanding, shrub, double, 40 petals, high centered, very large (5 in.), fragrant, ample glossy green foliage, sport of Signora Piera X Piero Puricelli, vigorous growth, surprises with the rarity of its color, bibliography: RE-LD-MCF10

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 370.  
 
Mediterranea Hybrid Tea, carmine with yellow, passing to pink with white markings, 1943, 'Signora' sport; Dot, P. Description.

Book  (1962)  Page(s) 88.  
 
Fred Armbrust,. Rose Notes From Brisbane. 'Mediterranea'. Mostly malformed blooms, but rather interesting colour stripes, strong growth, beautiful glossy foliage.

Book  (1958)  Page(s) 231.  Includes photo(s).
 
Mediterranea. HT. (P. Dot, '43.) Signora sport. Large (5 in.), dbl. (40 petals), high centered, fragrant, carmine with yellow, passing to pink with white markins. Upright; abundant bloom.

Book  (1957)  Page(s) 80.  
 
Alex Peat, Invercargill, N.Z. Roses in the Most Southerly City. 'Mediterranea'. Large double fragrant carmine red blooms with yellow feathering changing to pink and white shades.

Book  (1957)  Page(s) 170.  
 
Mediterranea. HT. (P. Dot, 1943) Sport of Signora Piero Puricelli.
Rose of vigorous growth, provided with broad, bright green foliage. Flowers are crimson lake with yellow brush strokes when they open, after a few hours in the sun turning carmine pink and the yellow turning white. Large fragrant roses that attract attention because of the rarity of their color.

Book  (1956)  Page(s) 15.  
 
Dr. A. S. Thomas. New Roses since 1948. 'Mediterranea', a striped sport of 'Signora Piero Puricelli' that seems to have been overlooked completely.

Book  (1954)  
 
p24. Dr. A. S. Thomas. A Rosarian Abroad. A visit to Senor Pedro Dot's nursery near Barcelona in early May was a great interest. I have never seen such richly coloured roses as I saw throughout Spain. .....and 'Mediterranea' are all vivid and unfading.

p133, Otago [N.Z.] Rose Society: 'Mediterranea' is a brighter colour than 'Signora Piero Puricelli' growth is similar but the shape is not so good.

Book  (1951)  Page(s) 17.  
 
Harry Hazlewood. The New Roses of 1951. 'Mediterranea' (Dot, 1943). A sport of 'Signora P. Puricelli' with large broad petals of coppery salmon flushed with darker shades and marked with irregular stripes and blotches.

Magazine  (Jul 1949)  Page(s) 3. trimester, p. 75.  
 
"MEDITERRANEA" (P. Dot 1943) est un sport métissé de "Signora Piero Puricelli", a été très bien accueillie et est devenue tout à coup très populaire.