Book  (1976)  Page(s) 179.  
 
Botanical roses on the territory of the USSR, whose independence requires precising...
R. sichotealiensis Kolesn. - according to Woroschilow a synonym for R. acicularis Lindl.

Book  (1971)  Page(s) 334.  Includes photo(s).
 
R. acicularis Lindl., Ros. Monogr. (l820) 44; Crep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol.XIV (1875) 5.- R.alpina Pall., Fl. Ross, vol.1, 2 (1788) 61, non L.- R.gmelini Bge. in Ldb., Fl. Alt. 111(1829)228; Ldb., Fl. Ross. 11(1844)75; Desegl. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. XV (1876) 281 . - R.baicalensis Turcz. ap. Bess., in Flora XVII (1834) I, Beibl. 12.— R. acicularis a hypoleuca et Sgmelini C.A.M. in Mem. Acad. Sc. St. Petersb. 6 ser. VI (1846) 15, 17. — R. carelica Fr. Summa Veg. Scand. I (1846) 171; Desegl., I.e., vol. XV (1876) 274;- R. korsakoviensis Levi, in Fedde, Rep. sp. nov. X (l912) 378. — Ic: Lindl., I.e., tab. 8; Lange, Fl. Dan., Suppl. 2 (l865) tab. 75. - Exs.: HFRNo.2108.
Shrub, low or medium- sized (to 2 m high), with arcuate stem and weak, glabrous branches covered with dense prickles and bristles; prickles very thin, erect or slightly curved, often paired at base of leaves; leaves 3—15 cm long, leaflets 5—7(9), to 1.5—6 cm long, on glabrous or finely pubescent and glandular rachis, ovate or elliptic, acute, thin, glaucescent, usually with 9—25 simple deep teeth at each side, glabrous above, glabrous or thin-pubescent beneath, often only along veins; stipules glandular -ciliate-
margined, with divergent ovate -lanceolate auricles. Flowers often solitary, rarely 2—3, 3—6 cm in diameter, on long, smooth, sometimes glandular - bristly, 0.7—3.5 cm long pedicels; hypanthia elliptic, ovoid or pyriform, rarely globose; sepals lanceolate, narrow, more or less broadened distally, often foliate, dor sally smooth or glandular, directed upward after anthesis, persistent; petals obcordate, pink or reddish; styles villous, free, head orbicular, woolly; fruits usually drooping, sometimes erect, 1.5—2.5 cm in diameter, red, sometimes ovoid with apical constriction, sometimes ellipsoid, tapering at both ends, sometimes oblong, often obovate -pyriform, strongly tapering at base, crowned with convergent sepals. June— July. (Plate XXVIII, Figure 4).
Forests (predominantly spruce), forest slopes and edges.— European part: Karl. -Lap., Dv.-Pech., V.-Kama; W. and E. Siberia; Far East: from Kamch. to Uss.; Centr. Asia: Dzu.-Tarb., T. Sh. Gen. distr.:
Scand., N. Mong., N. Ch., Jap., N. Am. Described from Siberia. Type in London.
Economic importance. Ornamental, often grown in the gardens of Siberia; also forms part of hedges. Roots and leaves contain tannins. The yield of essential oils from the flowers is 0.04% of dry weight (Hammerman). The fruit contains sugar, tannic and dye substances, pectin, pentosan, vitamin C (ca. 2.30% ascorbic acid per dry weight of pulp) and Q' yields an orange dye upon boiling
Note. A highly variable species which may require further division; such forms as R.gmelini Bge. and R, carelica Fr., at one time considered as separate species, scarcely deserve special attention. Of much greater interest are some of the Far Eastern forms studied by Crepin. Crepin wrote (l. c. 1875, 6) that at one time in the Berlin herbarium he had given the name R. discolor Crep. to a form collected by Maksimovich in Manchuria along the Amur River; this form, also collected by Glehn, had been seen by Crepin in the herbarium of the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. He gave the name of R. amurensis Crep to another form in the Berlin herbarium also collected by Maksimovich. Both these forms, however, still await study.

Book  (1965)  Page(s) 541.  
 
7. Rosa acicularis Lindl. R. fauriei Lév., pro parte; R. gmelinii Bunge; R. acicularis var. gmelinii (Bunge) C. A.Mey.; R. acicularis var. taquetii Nakai - Ō-takane-ibara. Shrub with reddish brown, glabrous, elongate branches and needle-like slender prickles; stipules membranous, entire, glandular on margin, the free portion lanceolate to ovate, acute to acuminate; leaflets 5-7, membranous, oblong or ovate-oblong, 2-4 cm. long, acute to acuminate, vivid green, glabrous on upper side, slightly whitish and with appressed-pubescence on midrib beneath, the peuoles sometimes glandular-pilose; flowers solitary, pink, 3-4 cm. across, the pedicels glandular-pilose, 3-5 cm. long; calyx with glabrous tube, the lobes elongate above, white-tomentose inside and on margin, sometimes glandular-pilose outside; fruit fusiform, 2-3 cm. long, 7-10 mm. across. - June-July. High mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu (n. and centr. distr.). Siberia, Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Korea, and N. America (var.) .

Article (magazine)  (Dec 1951)  Page(s) 195.  
 
Rosa acicularis Native of North America.

Website/Catalog  (1949)  
 
"ROSA ACICULARIS - the tallest growing of our native roses, stems covered with "needles," occurring wild from Colorado to Aklavik at the mouth of the Mackenzie river, and commonly known as the Arctic Rose. Long hips with a crimson tone, pendulous. Blooms earlier than Macounii. Very beautiful when grown in the open. Will sometimes grow to seven feet or more."

Percy Wright Catalogue - Hardy and Semi-Hardy Roses - ca 1949 p.7

Book  (Jan 1946)  Page(s) 30.  
 
R. acicularis, Lindl. A native of northern Canada, this is one of the hardiest and earliest to bloom. It forms a low compact shrub to three feet in height and has dark pink blooms, followed by waxy pear-shaped red fruits about an inch long.

Magazine  (Jul 1940)  Page(s) 154-5.  
 
"Pest-Proof, Fool-Proof, All-Purpose Roses". Some Outstanding Species Described By C. R. McGinnes
I will list briefly the characteristics of some of the outstanding sorts among the more than two hundred which we have in our garden at this time.
R. acicularis (which is also known as R. Sayi), a Rocky Mountain species, has not found its way into commerce in this country but enjoys one distinction. It is most unusual in the color and scent of its flowers, which are pale lavender with decided lavender fragrance. The scent is more pronounced in dry seasons than when we have plenty of rain, and the flower is unbelievably attractive.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 54.  
 
Frank Mason, NZ.  More Hybrids and Species
This season R. Acicularis has given dark pink flowers instead of the pale pink which I noted last season. It is very prolific with its hips, which are pretty. It intends to spread itself, as young ones are coming up from suckers all round.

Book  (1939)  Page(s) 61.  
 
Frank Mason, NZ.  Species and Hybrids
R. Acicularis has bloomed for the first time this season and berries are forming. The flowers of this Rose are pale blush pink and are pretty.

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 48.  
 
Hybrid Musk, Bourbon, Gallica, and other types
Acicularis... Pale rose pink, single, early and hardy, with long scarlet fruits.