Leptospermum incanum
Leptospermum incanum is a species of compact shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has hairy young stems, elongated egg-shaped leaves on a short petiole, relatively large white or pink flowers and fruit that fall from the plant when mature. Description. "Leptospermum incanum" is a compact shrub that typically grows to a height of with peeling bark on the older branches and younger stems with soft, fine hairs pressed against the surface. The leaves are an elongated egg shape, mostly about long and wide. The flowers are white or pink, wide and are borne singly or  in pairs on short side shoots. The floral cup is about long and is covered with flattened silky hairs on a pedicel long. The sepals are triangular, about long, the petals about long and the stamens long. Flowering occurs from July to December and the fruit is a capsule long with the remains of the sepals attached, but that falls from the plant after the release of the seeds. Taxonomy and naming. "Leptospermum incanum" was first formally described in 1852 by Nikolai Turczaninow in the "Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg" from  material collected by James Drummond. The specific epithet ("incanum") is a Latin word meaning hoary. Distribution and habitat. This tea-tree is found among granite outcrops between Coolgardie and the south coast of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions. Conservation status. "Leptospermum incanum" is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.