Book  (1988)  Page(s) 27.  Includes photo(s).

Website/Catalog  (1982)  
 
2n= 14

Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 33.  
 

Rosa foliolosa  Bright pink flowers borne amid narrow, elongated, bright green leaves. Very dense. An interesting shorter species which has rich, autumn colouring. 1880. G. Shade tolerant.  (S) 4 x 4’.

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 269.  
 
R. foliolosa Nutt. Shrub 0.3-0.7 m./1-2.3 ft. high, stems reddish, with short, straight or slightly hooked prickles or nearly unarmed, rarely bristly; leaflets 7-9, narrowly oblong, 12-25 mm./0.5-1 in. long, bald and glossy above, sometimes hairy on the veins beneath; flowers solitary or several together, bright red, 3 cm./1.2 in. across, July-August; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, to 2.5 cm./1 in. long, glandular-hispid like the calyx and the short pedicel; fruits rather globose, 8 mm./0.3 in. across, red. 2n = 14. WR 70; BM 8513; BC 3445; VP 374. S.E. United States. 1880. Shrub with very beautiful foliage, very hardy and drought-resistant.

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 93.  
 
R. foliolosa A shrub sometimes up to 5 ft high in gardens...usually not much more than half that height, spreading by...suckers; stems...erect, either unarmed or with a few straight, slender prickels. Leaflets seven to eleven, narrowly oblong...glossy...Stipules narrow. Flowers white or rosy pink in wild plant, but rich pink in the form cultivated in Britain, fragrant, solitary or few...2 to 2½ in. across, borne over a long period...Fruits red, bristly...Native to the USA ...western Arkansas, Oklahoma and parts of Texas...It is distinct among American roses in its oblong, rather narrow, forward -pointing leaflets, closely set on the rachis. The foliage colours well in the autumn. The individual stems are short-lived and the oldest of them should be regularly removed.

Article (misc)  (6 Jun 1969)  
 
Personal correspondence - Percy Wright, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada [zone 2] to Dr. Mahadeva,

..lots of plants that were hardy to 2 feet or so in previous winters (the snow line) died back to ground level or lower. One of these was Rosa foliolosa that I got from Texas. It is a most interesting rose species, and has been a surviving plant till last winter. I has a fern leaf foliage, unique, and very pretty. The flowers are a rich pink of salmon tone and do not appear until August. This means that they escape the curculio. I'd like to use it in breeding, but would have to put it up to do so, since the pollen is not ready in time. From the looks of the plant, I'd guess that it is extremely drought tolerant.

Article (magazine)  (1958)  Page(s) 145, 152-153.  
 
[p. 145] To Nuttall's description, Torrey and Gray added several phrases of questionable validity. One especially have [sic] created a minor intraspecific problem, i.e., thie "flowers small, apparently rose-color." The rose-coloured petals have been considerted typical of R. foliolosa and this quite naturally has led to the naming of the white petalled individuals as var. alba Bridwell and as f. alba (Bridwell) Rehder...It is of interest, however, that white petalled individuals occurs (as observed in Texas by Dr. L. H. Shinners and myself) more frequently than do the pink, although extremely light pink to rose colours may be discerned (especially in Oklahoma). Certainly the occurrence of white is not as a result of an uncommon gene(s) expression as a forma should be...
[p. 152-153] description Stems low, 2-6 dm. tall, armed with infrastipular fine thorns (86%) or without armature (14%) on the floral branches; leaves 5-11 foliolate, usually 9; leaflet lanceolate, shining above...glabrous above, glabrous (96%) or slightly pubescednt (4%) below, eglandular below...serrations single (98%) or rarely somwhat biserrate (2%), eglandular (28%) or slightly gland-tipped (78%)...inflorescence 1-5 flowered, generally with one flowers...pedicels...glabrous (98%) or rarely somewhat pubescent (2%), eglandular..., slightly glandular..., or with numerous glands...chromosome number 2n=14.
From the data presented...it is apparent (for this sample studied) that the individual exhibit an extensive degree of homomorphism. There is no doubt, however, that intraspecific variation does exist. Petal colour from white to pink...are known examples.

Book  (1954)  Page(s) 145.  
 
R. foliolosa Nuttall- This species was first discovered in Arkansas by Thomas Nuttall, and although not widely distributed, has since been found in various sections of Texas and Oklahoma. The plant is not exceptionally floriferous or vigorous, but the leaves are quite attractive and consist of 7 to 11 very narrow leaflets ½ to 1½ inches long. The 1½, deep pink, fragrant blossoms are produced singly or in small clusters. Plants reach 18 to 24 inches, are almost unarmed, and sucker freely. Hips are orange-red, round, and about half an inch in diameter. First cultivated about 1880.
R. foliolosa alba Rehder-A white-flowered form in cultivation since 1909.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 438.  
 
R. foliolosa Nutt. Low shrub to 0.5 m.; stem with short, straight, slightly reflexed prickles or nearly unarmed, rarely bristly; lfts. 7-9, rarely 11, narrow-to linear-oblong, 1-3 cm. long, acute, finely serrate, glabrous and lustrous above, glabrous or pubescent on the veins beneath; stipules usually narrow; fls. solitary or few, rose, sometimes white, about 4 cm. across; pedicels and receptacle sparingly glandular-hispid or the latter sometimes smooth; fr. subglobose, about 8 mm. across. Fl. VI-VIII. B.M.8513(c). W.R.219,t(c). G.F.3:101. B.C.5:f:3445. Ark. and Okla. to Tex. Cult. 1880. Zone V.
R. f. alba Bridwell, var. Fls. white. Cult. 1919.

Website/Catalog  (1924)  Page(s) 32.  
 
Foliolosa.- Fl. blanches en été, jolis fruits à l'automne.