Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 34.  
 
Rosa nutkana Medium sized flowers of pale pink on an open shrub. Globular, red heps apparently disliked by birds except as a last resort. 1876. F. W. (S) 5 x 5’.

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 277.  
 
R. nutkana Pall. Shrub to 1.5 m./5 ft. high, upright, stems slender, dark brown, strictly upright, prickles large and straight, young branches mostly bristly; leaflets 5-9, broadly elliptic, 2-5 cm./0.8-2 in. long, dark green and bald above, slightly glandular-hairy beneath, doubly glandular-serrate; flowers mostly solitary, purple, 5-6 cm./2-2.4 in. across, June-July; pedicels mostly glandular-hispid, calyx smooth; fruits globose, red, to 2 cm./0.8 in. thick, smooth. 2n = 42. WR 75; AFP 2503; VP 440; BC 3452. W. N. America, coast from Alaska to N. California.

Book  (1976)  Page(s) 117-118.  
 
R. nutkana Presl
- Epimel. Bot. (1851), 203
(R. fraxinifolia Boor ex Hook. non Borkh., R. woodsii Rgl. non Lindl.)
Büsche: bis 1,5 m hoch, aufrecht; Triebe dunkel-zimtbraun, fein; junge Triebe häufig borstig; Stacheln gerade, breit.
Blätter: 5 bis 7 (9) Blättchen; Blättchen elliptisch, 2 bis 5 cm lang, doppelt drüsig-gezähnt, Oberseite dunkelgrün und kahl, Unterseite filzig und mit Drüsen.
Blüten: gewöhnlich einzelständig, 5 bis 6 cm breit, rosa; Blütenstiele 2 bis 3 cm lang, drüsig-borstig; Kelchblätter glatt. Blütezeit Juni/Juli.
Früchte: rundlich, ohne hals, 1,5 bis 1,8 cm im Durchmesser, glatt, rot.
Verbreitungsgebiet: Nordamerika (von der Küste Alaskas bis Nordkalifornien).
Wird als Unterlage für Hochstamm-Rosen genutzt, da sie völlig winterhart ist, sowie für Rosenhybridisationen, diese blühen üppig.

Book  (1944)  Page(s) 459.  
 
Rosa nutkana Presl. Nootka Rose. Fig. 2503.
Rosa nutkana Presl, Epimel. Bot. 203. 1851.
Rosa anacantha Greene, Leaflets Bot. Obs. 2: 265. 1912.
Rosa columbiana Rydb. N. Amer. Fl. 22: 514. 1918.

Stems stout, erect, 0.5-1.5 m. high, usually armed with large paired straight or somewhat curved prickles, the floral branches glabrous or nearly so. Stipules 1-2 cm. long, more or less glandular-dentate ; petioles and rachis more or less puberulent or short-pubescent and often with interspersed stalked glands; leaflets usually 7, 1.5-5 cm. long, broadly ovate, rounded at both ends or acute at apex, doubly serrate, with glandular teeth, dark green and glabrous above, paler and somewhat glandular-puberulent or slightly pubescent on the veins beneath; flowers usually solitary; pedicels glabrous or sometimes glandular-hispid; hypanthium glabrous; sepals lanceolate, 2-3 cm. long, cordate-acuminate, often with foliaceous entire appendages, glabrous or rarely glandular on the back ; petals 25-35 mm. long, broadly obcordate ; hypanthium globose, 15-18 mm. broad in fruit.
Canadian and Transition Zones; Alaska to Wyoming and northern California. Type locality: Nootka Sound, British Columbia. May-July.
 

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 54.  
 
Frank Mason, NZ.  More Hybrids and Species
Rosa Nutkana has grown and flowered well this season. I have always wanted to grow this Rose, because I believe that it has been used to produce a hardy Rose for cold climates. The climate here is not cold enough to test it out, but it is behaving as though it liked its position. I had some difficulty to raise seed, and at last put the pot containing ten seeds in a refrigerator for six weeks. About a month after it had been taken out one seedling appeared and was duly potted up. About six weeks later eight young seedlings appeared; they were all different from the first, but are all exactly alike. Probably the latter are Nutkana and the first a stray. I have a few crosses to sow this season and hope for something good.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 441.  
 
R. nutkana Presl. Shrub to 1.5 m.; stems usually dark brown, upright with rather large straight prickles; young stems sometimes bristly: lfts. 5-9 broad-elliptic or oblong-ovate, 1.5-5 cm. long, acute or obtuse, doubly glandular-serrate, dark green and glabrous above, somewhat glandular-puberulous beneath, rarely slightly pubescent on veins; upper stipules dilated, glandular-dentate, glabrous; fls. usually solitary, 5-6 cm. across, rose, rarely white; pedicels 2-3 cm. long, usually slightly glandular-hispid; receptacle glabrous: fr. globose, without neck, 1.5-1.8 cm. across. Fl. VI-VII. W.R.231,t(c). G.F.1:449. B.C.5:2993. Alaska to Wyo. and Calif. Intr. about 1876. Zone V.

Book  (1939)  Page(s) 181.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa nutkana Presl. Nootka Rose. Fig. 190.
Key to the species and variety
Hypanthium glabrous, without glandular prickles....R. nutkana
Hypanthium densely hairy or glandular-prickly.....var. hispida.
Stout shrub, 1 to 6 feet high, usually armed with stiff straight and ascending or recurved prickles, the flowering branches sometimes unarmed. Leaflets 5 to 9, usually 7, broadly oval or elliptical, ½-inch to 2 inches long, dark green and glabrous above, paler and somewhat glandular-pubescent beneath, doubly serrate with glandular points; petioles and rachises glandular, and usually pubescent; stipules strongly glandular on the margins. Flowers rose-pink, usually solitary or rarely 2 to 4 together; pedicels glabrous or somewhat glandular-hairy or with gland-tipped bristles; sepals ½-inch to 1½ inches long, commonly prolonged into foliaceous appendages, glandular-margined, persistent on fruit; petals broadly obovate, ¾-inch to 1½ inches long; hypanthium in fruit globose, about ½-inch in diameter, glabrous. Flowering period Ma yto July.
Nootka Rose inhabits moist flats and mountain slopes in the Transition Life Zone of northern Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou, and Trinity counties. It extends northward to Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska and eastward to Idaho, Utah, and Montana....
Rosa nutkana Presl. Epim. Bot. 203 (1849). Type locality: Nootka Sound, British Columbia. Collected by Haenke. R. fraxinifolia Hook., not Borkh.

Book  (1939)  Page(s) 179.  
 
Key to the Species
Sepals, styles and upper part of the hypanthium persistent on the fruit; pistils numerous.
- Hypanthium normally smooth and glabrous.
-- Stems with stout prickles, rarely slender and weak in some segregates of R. californica; sepals often prolonged into foliaceous appendages; plats 2 to 10 feet high.
--- Prickles straight or nearly so, more or less flattened below, often ascending; stipules, rachis, and leaflets glandular....1. R. nutkana.
--- Prickles usually curved, or straight in some segragates of R. californica.
---- Pedicels glandular-hispid or bristly, the bristles often 1/8-inch long; sepals glandular-hispid, often pinnatifid....3. R. rubiginosa.
---- Pedicels usually not glandular-hispid-or bristly, sometimes glandular,; sepals often villous, not pinnatifid, but usually serrate....4. R. californica.
 

Article (magazine)  (1938)  Page(s) 76.  
 
R. nutkana (hexaploid)

Book  (1937)  Page(s) 75.  
 
Nutkana Pressl. (Cinn. America) [pollen quality] 88% [ploidy] 42