Australian wild may

Leptospermum polygalifolium, the tantoon or jelly bush, is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the family Myrtaceae endemic to eastern Australia from northern Queensland near Cooktown south to the Victorian border, and also occurring on Lord Howe Island. Plants vary from low spreading shrubs 0.5 to 3 m tall to small trees reaching 7 m or more, with thin bark that becomes thicker and flaky on older trunks. Young stems are clothed in short silky hairs and bear narrow flanges descending from the leaf bases. Leaves are alternate, narrow-elliptic to narrow-obovate, 5 to 20 mm long, glabrous at maturity and aromatic when crushed. The five-petalled, open-bowl-shaped flowers are 10 to 15 mm across and most often white, but also cream, greenish or sometimes pink, borne singly or in pairs on short lateral shoots from August to January. Woody, persistent capsules 4 to 8 mm wide remain attached to the stems for several years after seed release.