Leptospermopsis sericea, commonly known as the silver tea tree,[2] is a species of shrub that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.
It has thin, firm bark, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, relatively large, pink flowers and fruit that fall from the plant with the seeds.
[2][3] This species was first described in 1806 by Jacques Labillardière who gave it the name Leptospermum sericeum and published the description in Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen.
[4] In 2023, Peter Gordon Wilson transferred the species to the genus Leptospermopsis as L. sericea in the journal Taxon.
)[9] Silver teatree grows in shallow soil in the crevices of windswept granite outcrops near Esperance, including on nearby islands.