Book  (2000)  Page(s) 610.  
 
‘Velutiniflora’ / ‘Velutinaeflora’ = Ancien – Gallique – rouge foncé… il drageonne avec ardeur si le bourrelet de greffe est enterré, et forme très vite une touffe imposante…. Avant 1872. Ascendance inconnue.

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 611.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (Mar 1999)  Page(s) 107.  
 
('Velutinaeflora') Before 1872. Large, single, violet-pink, fragrant blossoms. Description.

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 148.  
 
('Velutinaeflora') Date unknown, could be 19th century. Description and vital statistics... fragrant, single, pinkish-purple flowers with pronounced stamens.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 506.  
 
R. gallica velutinaeflora Species, (R. velutinaeflora Déséglise); Cultivated prior to 1872. Flowers described by Déséglise as deep velvet red; however, rose now in commerce is mauve-pink... Description.

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 151.  
 
location 110/1+2, R. gallica L. var. velutinaeflora Cariot, carmine-red, white outside, single, fragrant, large, solitary or cluster-flowered, bushy, upright, 0.8 m, branched, bristles, medium-dark green large leathery foliage, 5-7 leaflets, blood-red small-medium rounded glandular fruit, extended elongated foliaceous sepals, fall off singly

Book  (Dec 1985)  Page(s) 164.  
 
Date unknown, may not be very old. Origin and parentage unknown. Pinkish-purple flowers with pronounced stamens... Description.

Website/Catalog  (1985)  Page(s) 40.  
 
Rosa gallica velutinaeflora..... 3 x 3’.

Book  (1983)  Page(s) 49.  
 
Apart from 'Complicata' this is the only single Gallica. The flowers are about 75 mm across and have five petals. The colour is palish cerise-pink and the plant is compact and tidy to about a metre. 

Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 33.  
 
Rosa gallica velutinaeflora  Deep pink, heavily veined, single flowers. Fragrant. Old. (S) 4 x 3’.