Leptospermum spectabile is a shrub species that is endemic to New South Wales, Australia. It grows to 3 metres high and has narrow leaves that are about 20 to 35 mm long and 3 to 5 mm wide. The dark red flowers are about 20 mm in diameter and appear between October and November in the species native range.^[2]

The species was formally described in 1989 by Joy Thompson in Telopea, based on plant material collected in the Colo River gorge to the north-west of Windsor.^[1]

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