Book  (Nov 1998)  Page(s) 12.  
 
R. carolina grandiflora Flowers: two-inch, pink... leaves are also noticeably larger than those of true species roses...

Book  (Nov 1998)  Page(s) 12.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 504.  
 
R. carolina grandiflora (Baker) Rehder, Species, medium pink, (R. humilis grandiflora Baker; R. laxa Lindley; R. lindleyi Sprengel; R. obovata Rafinesque); Cultivated prior to 1870. Description.

Book  (1984)  Page(s) 88.  
 
Rosa Carolina ‘Grandiflora’ /Rosa Carolina var grandiflora = Feuilles: 7 folioles le plus souvent elliptiques à ovales. Fleurs: 5 à 6cm de diamètre. Variété remarquée surtout pour ses grandes fleurs.

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 268.  
 
R. carolina...var. grandiflora (Baker) Rehd. Leaflets mostly 7, elliptic to obovate, flowers 5-6 cm./2-2.4 in. across. 2n= 28. WR 207 (as R. humilis grandiflora). (= R. lindleyi Spreng.). N.E. N. America. Before 1870.

Book  (1976)  Page(s) 103.  
 
R. carolina 'Grandiflora' (Baker) Rehd. (R. humilis var. grandiflora Baker, R. obovata Raf., R. lindlayi Spreng., R. laxa Lindl. non Retz., R. virginiana var. grandiflora Bean) - Blooms 5 cm in diameter, light pink, leaflets broader than with R. carolina, cultivated since 1870.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 437.  
 
R. c. grandiflora (Bak.) Rehd., var. Lfts. usually 7, obovate or oval; fls. about 6 cm. across. W.R.207,t(c). Lindl. Ros. Mon.t.3(c). (R. obovata Raf., R. humilis var. g. Bak., R. virginiana var. g. Bean) Me. to Mich., Del. and Mo.

Book  (1916)  Page(s) 2991, 2990.  Includes photo(s).
 
carolina L. [Section on Rosa written by Alfred Rehder of the Arnold Arboretum]
Shrub 3 feet or sometimes 6 feet high, spreading by means of numerous suckers, with slender prickles and usually numerous bristles. Leaflets 5-7, narrower, thinner than virginiana not shining, usually pubescent beneath. Flowers often soliary. Outer sepal lobed. Native to Maine to Georgia, west to Wisconsin and Oklahoma. Much resembling the preceding [Rosa virginiana] which is often considered a variety of this species.
var. grandiflora Rehder Flowers 2 inches across. Leaflets larger.

Book  (12 May 1911)  Page(s) 207.  Includes photo(s).
 
66 - Rosa humilis, var. grandiflora Baker
Rosa humilis, var. grandiflora: a typo recedit floribus magnis.

Rosa humilis var. grandiflora is a native of the northern United States. It differs from the ordinary form by its larger flowers, which are two inches in diameter.