This genus consists of a single species of evergreen shrubs or small trees. It features serrated green leaves and produces elongated clusters of flowers that range from white to pale pink or greenish-yellow, typically blooming from summer into autumn.

Leucosceptrum

Leucosceptrum canum is an evergreen shrub or small tree that typically reaches heights of 1.5 to 7 meters. It often features multiple stems and arching branches, adorned with greyish-green, paper-like leaves that can grow up to 30 centimeters in length, displaying a woolly white underside. From late autumn through early spring, it produces creamy-white flowers clustered in dense, cylindrical spikes measuring up to 15 centimeters long, which are succeeded by brown fruit. This plant serves as a valuable nectar source for birds, butterflies, and bees.

Leucosceptrum canum

Leucosceptrum japonicum

Leucosceptrum japonicum 'Golden Angel'

Leucosceptrum japonicum 'Kiifu' (v)

Leucosceptrum japonicum 'Mountain Madness' (v)

Leucosceptrum japonicum 'Silver Angel' (v)

Leucosceptrum stellipilum

Leucosceptrum stellipilum 'Variegatum' (v)

This perennial forms dense clumps and can grow up to 1 meter in height. It features sturdy, upright stems topped with rounded, softly-hairy leaves that are pale green, turning yellow in their early stages. From summer through autumn, it produces terminal spikes adorned with reddish-pink flowers.