Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 512.  
 
R. setigera tomentosa

Book  (1976)  Page(s) 118.  
 
R. setigera...f. tomentosa Torr. ex Gray (R. rubifolia R. Brown ex Ait., R. kentuckensis Rafinesque, R. cursor (Rafinesque)) - Foliage pubescent beneath.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 446.  
 
R. setigera...R. s. tomentosa Torr. & Gr., var. Lvs. tomentose beneath, dull above: fls. smaller, more numerous. R.R.1:gr.5,3(c). L.A.2:f.516. (R. rubifolia Ait.) Intr. 1800.

Book  (1937)  Page(s) 77.  
 
rubifolia Ait. (synonym of setigera var. tomentosa Torr. & Gr.) [ploidy] 14 ([thereof univalents:] 2)

Book  (1937)  Page(s) 79.  
 
tomentosa Torr. & Gr. (variety of setigera Michx.) [ploidy] 14

Book  (1844)  Page(s) 26-27.  
 
R. rubifolia ('The Prairie Rose') Description... its constitution is such that it will bear without injury the icy breezes of the St. Lawrence, or the melting vapours of the Mississippi... I have no doubt that in good soil it would reach one hundred feet in a very few years...

Book  (1840)  Page(s) 458.  
 
R. setigera (Michx.)....
β. tomentosa : leaves 3- (sometimes 5-) foliolate, tomentose beneath.-R. rubifolia, R. Br. l. c.