Small shrub to about 2 m tall. Leaves broadly elliptic, 1-2 cm long, 0.5-1 cm wide, flat. Flowers 1.5-3 cm wide; late spring to early summer. Petals white, pink or dark red. Ovary 5-chambered. Fruit 1.5-2 cm wide, persistent.
NSW.
Source: (2002). Myrtaceae. In: . 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.
Leptospermum macrocarpum 'Copper Sheen'
Compact bush with greenish to yellow petals and reddish sepals and reddish new growth. [l. nitidum 'Copper Sheen']