Article (newsletter)  (Nov 2017)  Page(s) 10.  Includes photo(s).
 
Wilson also chanced across a “pink to rose” form, R. moyesii var. rosea, “very distinct from the type,” also known as R. moyesii fargesii. The leaves are also larger than those of the red. In fact, when grown from seed, the flowers most often are pink. A shrub six to ten feet in height, it grows abundantly in thickets and on the edges of woods. It was named for Reverend J. Moyes, a missionary in Western China.

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 217.  
 
R. moyesii 'Pink Form' China. Hybrid Moyesii. Description... Similar in most respects to R. moyesii except for the colour of the flower which is, of course, pink...

Website/Catalog  (1986)  Page(s) 35.  
 
Rosa moyesii Pink.....Cg. 

Website/Catalog  (1985)  Page(s) 41.  
 

Rosa moyesii Pink (holodonta) A pink seedling of rosa moyesii, and very similar in all respects other than the colour of the flowers which are bright, deep pink. P. W. Shade tolerant. F. (S) 10 x 6’.

Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 34.  
 
Rosa Moyesii Pink A pink seedling of rosa moyesii, or possibly ‘Sealing Wax’, and very similar in all respects other than the colour of the flowers which are bright, deep pink. W. Shade tolerant.  F. (S) 10 x 6’.

Magazine  (1967)  Page(s) 72 vol. 162.  
 
More common in its natural habitat than R. moyesii is its pink form, R. moyesii rosea or R. holodonta, being otherwise identical. R. moyesii fargesii is similar but has the distinction of being a tetraploid form, containing 28 chromosomes as do most contemporary rose cultivars, the popular hybrid teas and floribundas.

Magazine  (Apr 1938)  Page(s) 10.  
 
Rosa moyesii Hemsl. et Wils. Micro var : à fleurs roses. Hort. Hauteur : 1 m. 50 érigé, végétation du type mais à fleurs roses, en juin.

Website/Catalog  (1924)  Page(s) 32.  
 
MOYESII ROSEA.- Mêmes qualités que la précédente [Moyesii], mais à fleurs roses. (Très recommandé.)

Book  (1916)  Page(s) 325-326.  
 
Rosa Moyesii, f. rosea Rehder & Wilson, n. f. 
A typo recedit floribus pallide roseis. Foliola ovato-elliptica, subtus ad costam adpresse pilosa, 2-5 cm. longa.

Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 2000-3000 m., June, July and October 1908 (Nos. 1123, type, 1123^a, 3590; bush 1.5-5 m., flowers pink to rose, fruit scarlet) ; Wa-shan, woodlands, alt. 2300-3000 m., October 1908 (No. 1104; bush 2.3 m., fruit orange-red); same locality, alt. 3150 m., July 1903 (Veitch Exped. 3544; bush 1-2.5 m., flowers pink); Hung-ya Hsien, Ta-p'ao-shan, thickets, alt. 3000-3300 m., September 15, 1908 (No. 931; bush 1-1.5 m., fruit scarlet); west of Kuan Hsien, Pan-lan-shan, thickets, alt. 2000-2600 m., June and October 1908 (Nos. 3580, 35865 bush 2.5-5 m.; flowers pale rose color, fruit scarlet) ; west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, thickets, alt. 2000-2600 m., June, July and September 1908, October 1910 (Nos. 1062, 4028X; bush 4 m., flowers pale pink, fruit scarlet).

This handsome Rose is abundant in the thickets and on the margin of woods in the regions east of Tachien-lu, where the type is common. With its large pale pink flowers and large leaves this form looks very distinct from the type.