Website/Catalog  (1983)  Page(s) 38.  
 

Rosa nitida.  A used useful, shorter species with abundant, short canes which, when on its own roots, makes a good, dense bush for ground cover and group planting. The pink flowers are plentiful but small. Early 19th century G. Shade tolerant.  W. (S) 3 x 4’.

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 268-269.  Includes photo(s).
 
R. nitida Willd. Upright shrub, 0.7-0.9 m./2.3-3 ft. high, stems densely covered with short bristles, prickles slender, 3-5 mm./0.1-0.2 in. long; leaflets 7-9, elliptic to oblong, 1-3 cm./0.4-1.2 in. long, dark green and very glossy above, dark brown-red in the autumn; flowers solitary or several together, pink, 4-5 cm./1.6-2 in. across, June-July; sepals erected, narrow, entire, glandular-hispid like the pedicels; fruit globose, scarlet-red, 1 cm./0.4 in. across, glandular-hispid. 2n = 14. WR 69; BB 1972. E. N. America. 1807.

Book  (1976)  Page(s) 103-104.  
 
R. nitida Willd.
- Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. (1809) 544
(R. rubrispina Bosc ex Poiret, R. redutia rubescens Thory ex Redouté, R. blanda Pursh non Ait.)
Büsche: niedrig wachsend, 50 bis 70 cm hoch; Triebe dicht mit kurzen Borsten bedeckt, Stacheln fein, 3 bis 5 mm lang.
Blätter: 7 bis 9 Fiederblättchen, elliptisch-länglich, Oberseite stark glänzend, dunkelgrün, zimtfarbig-rote Herbstfärbung.
Blüten: gewöhnlich einzelständig, 4 bis 5 cm breit, rosa; Kelchblätter aufrecht, drüsig-borstig; Blütenstiele drüsig-borstig. Blütezeiz Juni/Juli.
Früchte: abgerundet, 1 cm Durchmesser, borstig, scharlachrot.
Verbreitungsgebiet: Nordamerika (Staaten im Osten der USA von New Foundland bis Massachusetts).
Vollkommen winterhart; wegen der Herbstfärbung der Blätter sehr dekorativ.

Website/Catalog  (1949)  
 
"ROSA NITIDA - a wild rose of the New England coast area, dwarf, about 18" high, with flowers of a remarkable freedom from violet tones, and foliage that turns a most beautiful red-bronze in autumn. In summer the foliage is glossy - hence the name Nitida, which means "shining." A valuable parent for new rose varieties, transmitting good color and extra good form."

Percy Wright Catalogue - Hardy and Semi-Hardy Roses p. 10

Website/Catalog  (1948)  Page(s) 50.  
 
Rosa
—nitida. 3 ft. (Bristly Rose) sandy to silty clay loam, moist, well drained, pH 6.0-7.0, sun.

Book  (Jan 1946)  Page(s) 31.  
 
R. nitida, Willd. A dwarf native rose one to two feet high with dense prickly branches. The rose-coloured flowers are followed by small red fruits and the foliage also turns brilliant red in autumn.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 438.  
 
R. nitida Willd. Shrub to 0.5 m.; stems densely bristly and with slender prickles 3-5 mm. long: lfts. 7-9, close-set, elliptic to onlong, 1-3 cm. long, finely serrate, lustrous above, slightly pubescent or glabrous beneath; stipules, particularly the upper ones, dilated; fls. solitary or few, rose, 4-5 cm. across; pedicels and receptacle glandular-hispid; sepals usually entire: fr. about 1 cm. across. Fl. VI-VII. W.R.215,t(c), 217,t. B.B.2:285. Nfd. to Conn. Cult. 1807. Zone III. Handsome dwarf Rose.

Book  (Jul 1938)  Page(s) 87.  
 
R. nitida, Bristly Rose, Maratino Rose, Glistening Rose. - (Nitida means shining). Grows 2 feet high. Shoots red, densely armed with slender, red bristles. Leaflets brilliantly colored in autumn. Inflorescence corymbose. Flowering laterals under 4 inches long. Flowers 1-3 together, deep pink, single. Fruit red. Suitable for massing in front of taller shrubs, and as a low hedge.

Book  (1937)  Page(s) 75.  
 
nitida Willd. (Carol.) [ploidy] 14

Website/Catalog  (1937)  Page(s) 106.  
 
Park Roses...Rosa nitida, bright dark red, 50 cm. June-July