Article (newsletter)  (Nov 2017)  Page(s) 9, 12-13.  Includes photo(s).
 
p. 9: In 1900 he [E. H. Wilson] collected R. helenae, which was not introduced until 1907.

p. 12-13: From late 1906 to 1909, financed by Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum, Wilson again scoured China for plants. Roses he had seen and collected in 1900 and 1901, such as R. gentiliana, R. helenae, R. giraldii var. venulosa, and R. sertata, he introduced in 1907 or shortly thereafter. ...
Rosa helenae was named for E. H. Wilson’s wife, who died with him in a car accident in 1930. This is another white, scented species rose exhibiting large clusters on very prickly stems. Found from Shensi province, south through eastern Sichuan and western Hupeh, its tangled proliferation grows along wayside thickets and stream-side masses, and rambles vigorously over small trees at the edges of woods. When he first saw this musk rose, Wilson wrote that it “filled the air with its soft fragrance.” The seeds collected in 1907 flowered at the Arnold Arboretum in 1913, proving the species “perfectly hardy.” R. helenae is closely related to the Himalayan R. brunonii

Article (magazine)  (Nov 2015)  Page(s) 1621.  
 
....three samples of R. odorata (R. sect. Chinenses, sample no. 31–33) formed an inner clade with R. brunonii (sample no. 20), R. helenae (sample no. 21), and R. weisiensis (sample no. 27) of R. sect. Synstylae, is similar to two recent studies (Fougere-Danezan et al., 2015; Zhu et al., 2015).

Article (magazine)  (2001)  Page(s) 393.  
 
R. helenae Rehd. et Wils. Ploidy 2x
Pollen fertility 98.9%
Selfed Fruit set 0%

Book  (Nov 1998)  Page(s) 10.  Includes photo(s).
 
R. helenae Fragrant white flowers... scarlet oblong hips...

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 248.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 16.  
 
'Helen Rose' ... can grow to 20 ft. (6 m) and carries masses of small, white, scented flowers in large trusses followed by small, red hips.

Book  (Oct 1996)  Page(s) 38.  Includes photo(s).
 
R. helenae Description... thorns... glossy leaves... a superb display of big hydrangea-like heads of single, creamy-white, scented flowers...

Book  (Jun 1993)  Page(s) 32.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 33.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 155.  
 
location 126/2, R. helenae Rehd. & Wils., SYNSYTLAE, central China, 1907, white, single, small, fragrant, cluster-flowered, very floriferous, late-blooming, climbing or prostrate, branched, to 5 m, many prickles, light green medium size matte foliage, 7 leaflets, orange-red ovoid to pear-shaped small-medium sligtly glandular fruit, styles connate, reflexed sepals, fall off singly and early