Book  (2018)  Page(s) 539.  
 
Rosa iberica Stev.
...Caucasia, northern Irak, Iran and Turkey. Grows in our country around Kırklareli, Tekirdağ, İstanbul, Bolu, Amasya, Gümüşhane, Çoruh, Kars and Van....

(2010)  Page(s) 231–237.  
 
Genetic diversity and genetic similarities between Iranian rose species 
By L. SAMIEI, et al.
Ten microsatellite (simple sequence repeat; SSR) markers were used to analyse the genetic variation among these rose species. The SSR markers amplified alleles in all species, even if they were from different sections within the genus. An unweighted pair group method cluster analysis (UPGMA) based on similarity values revealed five main Groups. The data showed no support for any distinction between R. canina and R. iberica, as all the accessions were placed in one Group, and accessions of these two species were more closely-related to each other within a Province than to accessions of the same species in other Provinces.

The morphological differences between these two species are very slight. According to Rechinger (1982), the presence of hairs on the hip and a somewhat more-rounded hip distinguishes R. iberica from R. canina. Moreover, these morphological traits are environment-dependent.

Book  (1990)  Page(s) 30.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (1976)  Page(s) 201.  
 
Endemische Wildrosenarten der Flora der UdSSR, die für den Zierpflanzenanbau Bedeutung erlangen könnten...
Sektion Caninae Crép.
R. iberica Stev.
M. Bieberstein, Fl. taur.-cauc. II (1819), 345.
Büsche: 70 bis 90 (110) cm hoch. Stacheln gross, sichelförmig gebogen, nur einige kleine Stacheln an den Blütentrieben.
Mittlere Blätter: 7 bis 9 cm lang; Hauptstiel dicht mit Drüsen besetzt, gemischt mit Haaren und hakenförmigen Stacheln. Blättchen 7 (5 und 9), elliptisch, 1,5 bis 1,8 cm lang, 1 bis 1,2 cm breit, beide Seiten dicht mit Harz- und Duftdrüsen besetzt, Oberseite kahl, Unterseite entlang der Adern behaart, am Rand doppelt drüsig behaart.
Blüten: einzelständig, seltener 2 bis 3 oder 3 bis 5 zusammen, auf kurzen Blütenstielen, 1,5 bis 1,8 cm lang, drüsig-borstig. Kelchblätter auf beiden Seiten kurz behaart, auf der Unterseite mit Drüsen vermischt, fallen nach der Blüte ab; Blütenblätter blass rosa, 1,2 bis 1,5 cm lang, kürzer als die Kelchblätter.
Früchte: eiförmig, an der Basis borstig-drüsig (Abb. 54-1, nach Flora der UdSSR").
Auf Kalksteinen im unteren Teil der alpinen Region.
Verbreitungsgebiet: UdSSR, Kaukasus: Rayon Kislowodsk; Grusinische SSR: Kodshori; Süd-Ossetisches Autonomes Gebiet: Zchinwali; Aserbaidshan. SSR: Rayon Kubin, Schemach, Schamchor.

Book  (1971)  Page(s) 369.  Includes photo(s).
 
R.iberica Stev. in M. B., Fl. taur.-cauc. Ill (l819) 345; Crep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. XVIII (1879) 264, 407 et XXI (l882) 23; Bouleng. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Bruxelles XIII (1935) 224. — R. rubiginosa Ldb., Fl. Ross. 1 (1844) 80 p.p.- R. aucheri Crep., I.e. VIII (1869) 344; Boiss., Fl. Or. II (1872) 687. — R. arabica Crep., I.e. et in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. XVIII (1879) 412; Christ in Boiss., I.e. Suppl. (1888)218.- R. anatolica Crep., Bull. Herb. Boiss. I (1893) 165. - Exs.: HFR No. 2145.
High (1.5 m), sometimes dwarf shrub, loose or often rather compact; prickles unequal, bent or hamate, gradually broadening toward base, often decurrent (very rarely longer than half the length of the largest leaflets), without, rarely with few small pricklets; leaves 3.5—15 cm, usually glandular, frequently viscid; leaflets 5, 7, rarely 9, rather remote, orbicular or often ovate, obovate or elliptic, generally tapered, rarely orbicular at base, rounded or rarely acuminate, the largest 3 cm long, acutely dentate-serrate, with 11—24 teeth at each side, glabrous or slightly pubescent along veins beneath, mostly glandular on both sides (often very densely so beneath); petioles glabrous or slightly pubescent, glandular; stipules often broad, glandular beneath and along margin. Flowers solitary, rarely 2 or 3, very rarely in corymbs of 4—6; bracts often large, pedicels 5— 20 mm, like hypanthium glabrous or slightly pubescent, smooth or short glandular -hispid; sepals 9— 25 mm long, often somewhat spatulately broadened distally, linear, with 1—4 subulate appendages at each side, often sparingly hairy dorsally and along margin, always more or less glandular -hispid dorsally, after flowering reflexed, caducous shortly before ripening; corolla 30— 50 mm in diameter; petals white or pink; style heads tomentose with stigma a flat or concave head; fruit ovoid or globose, smooth or slightly setaceous, nearly always without sepals. June. (Plate XXX, Figure 3).
Mountains, 900— 2,000 m. — Caucasus: Dag., Cisc, E,, S. and W. Transc.; Centr. Asia: Kopet-Dagh. Gen. distr.: Iran., Bal.-As. Min., Arm. -Kurd. Described from Georgia. Type in Helsingfors.
Note. We consider Boulenger's record for Tadzhikistan (junction of the Pyandzh and Murgab rivers) (l. c. 228) to be erroneous. The sepals of that plant had already fallen off before the author examined the specimen; it represents a form close to R.korshinskyana but is distinguished from it by its curved prickles.

Website/Catalog  (1923)  Page(s) 52.  
 
Rosa iberica. Light pink.

Article (magazine)  (1897)  Page(s) 145.  
 
R. iberica Stev.

a. Feuille. — Poils simples assez rares ou très rares sur la feuille, us communs sur le pétiole. Poils glandulifères sur les deux épidermes, mais assez rares sur le supérieur. Epiderme supérieur recticurviligne, d'une épaisseur de 28-30 μ, ou de 21-22 μ (var. setigera), à cellules grandes ou moyennes. Épiderme inférieur onduleux, rarement recticurviligne, d'une épaisseur de 15-18 μ, strié autour des stomates (var. setigera), à cellules très grandes, grandes ou moyennes. Stomates d'une longueur de 31-36 μ, plus petits que les cellules environnantes ou au plus égaux à elles. Mésophylle bifaci-al ou subcentrique, d'une épaisseur de 140 μ ou de 76 μ. (var. setigera); composé de 5-8 assises, les deux supérieures transformées en palissades remplissant 1/2 de l'épaisseur totale. Parenchyme spongieux lacuneux ou peu (var. setigera). Faisceaux libéro-ligneux des nervures et du pétiolule avec ou sans fibres péridesmiques, celles-ci pouvant être irrégulières (c. transversale) dans la nervure médiane.

b. Tige. — Moelle à cellules petites ou moyennes.

Book  (1849)  Page(s) Part VI.  
 
[From "Verzeichniss der von dem Herrn Dr. Kolenati in dem mittleren Theile des Caucasus, auf dem Kreuzberge, dem Kasbek und in den zunächst gelegenen Gegenden gesammelten Pflanzen" by C. A. Meyer]
230 Rosa iberica Stev. M. B. l. c. III. p. 345 No. 980. Mey. Enum. No. 1517. - Prope pagum Kasbek, alt. 900 hexap. - Aculei secundarii setacei plani nulli, qua nota a R. pulverulenta distinguir.