Dense shrub 2-3 m tall. Prickles paired at nodes. Leaflets 7-9, 0.5-1.5 cm long, roundish to obovate, teeth simple or compound. Flowers mostly solitary, single, petals purplish pink, fragrant; early summer. Styles free, not protruding. Fruit 1-2 cm wide, pear-shaped to round, orange-red.

W and NW China.

Source: Adamson, S.; Bell, R.; Heathcote, R.; Hannemann, D.; Hannemann, F.; Huxley, I.; Newesteeg, J.; Spencer, R.; Sutherland, P. (2002). Rosa. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press. (as Rosa wilmottiae)