Leptospermum riparium, commonly known as riverine tea-tree,[2] is a species of straggling shrub that is endemic to Tasmania.

It has flaky bark, crowded, lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, relatively large white flowers and fruit that remain on the plant when mature.

Leptospermum riparium is a straggly shrub that typically grows to a height of 3 m (9.8 ft) or more and has flaky bark.

[3][4][5] Leptospermum riparium was first formally described in 1974 by Tasmanian botanist Dennis Ivor Morris in Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, based on specimens he collected near the bridge over the Huon River in the Tahune Forest Park.

[9] The riverine tea-tree grows along major rivers in rainforest of southern and eastern Tasmania.