Website/Catalog  (1826)  Page(s) 69.  
 
ROSA trachyphylla.

Book  (1820)  Page(s) 58-59.  
 
Rosa marginata A tortuous shrub 1-2 feet high,below protected by a few prickles, above covered over by very dense straight ones; branches much divided, purple: the branchlets frosted. Stipulae and petioles smooth, glandular; leaflets ovate oblong...Peduncles hispid with glands; tube of the calyx ...very smooth; sepals nearly entire....Petals blush-coloured...Differs from R. canina ...the prickles being straight and copious....No one appears to have seen it except Wallroth, who undoubtedly may be depended upon for accuracy....