Leptospermum nitidum
Leptospermum nitidum, commonly known as shiny tea-tree, is a species of compact shrub that is endemic to Tasmania. It has crowded, aromatic, elliptical leaves, white flowers about  in diameter and fruit that remain on the plants until it is burned or dies. Description
Leptospermum nitudum is a densely foliaged, compact shrub that typically grows to a height of  and has scaly bark. The leaves are aromatic, mostly glabrous, elliptical,  long,  wide and glossy, usually with a sharp point on the tip and tapering at the base to a short petiole. The flowers are white, about  wide and arranged on the ends of leafy side branches. There are golden brown bracts and bracteoles at the base of the flower buds but that usually fall off before the flower opens. The floral cup is  long with triangular sepals mostly  long. The petals are about  long and the stamens  long. Flowering occurs in January and the fruit is a capsule  long with the sepals attached and that remains on the plant at maturity. Taxonomy and naming
Leptospermum nitidum was first formally described in 1856 by English botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker in The Botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae based on specimens collected by Ronald Gunn. The specific epithet (nitidum) is a Latin word meaning "shining" or "bright". Distribution and habitat
Shiny tea-tree grows in cold, moist, heath and is widespread in Tasmania, including on Cape Barren Island. References

nitidum
Myrtales of Australia
Flora of Tasmania
Plants described in 1856